joeloud
Aug 3, 2008, 12:09 AM
Hey guys, my girlfriend happened to be the first person to respond to a craigslist ad for a free computer. It's an old, slot-loading iMac from 2000 with 350 MHz PPC, 320 Mb RAM & 7 GB HDD. This is only slightly better than the first PC I ever owned, heh.
But anyway, it has Mac OS 9.1 on it right now, and I have next to zero experience dealing with it (and not a lot of interest in learning it). I'd much rather install a version of OS X, but I can't quite nail down which version I should use. I want to put at least Jaguar on it, or if it can handle it, Panther. She'll just be using this for Microsoft Office stuff, and probably e-mail/web surfing as soon as we get it hooked up to the net. So how well do these old iMac's handle Jaguar, Panther, etc..?
But anyway, it has Mac OS 9.1 on it right now, and I have next to zero experience dealing with it (and not a lot of interest in learning it). I'd much rather install a version of OS X, but I can't quite nail down which version I should use. I want to put at least Jaguar on it, or if it can handle it, Panther. She'll just be using this for Microsoft Office stuff, and probably e-mail/web surfing as soon as we get it hooked up to the net. So how well do these old iMac's handle Jaguar, Panther, etc..?
