How To Upgrade Ibook G3 Operating System

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  1. eggdust, Sep 20, 2010

    eggdust macrumors newbie

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    Hi guys wonder if you can help me on this??

    my work has recently switched from macs to p.cs :eek: anyhow they have recently posted some older macs and laptops in a free draw. my name came up against a 2002 white ibook g3, below are the specs as listed by my company:

    iBook G3 215 10.2 iBOOK G3 700/128/27GB/Combo-GBR 14.1in TFT 2002

    my question is how/can i upgrade the o.s to a higher level (currently at osx 10.2) & what is the realistic o.s i can get to whilst still working to a realistic level.?? would i need more ram/memory?? its in pretty good nick generally and would be a shame not to make the best out of it

    pls note i didn't get any start up disks or o.s disks with the machine.

    many thanks in advance for your help
     
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  2. miles01110, Sep 20, 2010

    miles01110 macrumors Core

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    What are you even going to use this machine for? Why do you want it? If I were you I'd just pass; it will be more trouble than it's worth.
     
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  3. Blue Velvet, Sep 20, 2010

    Blue Velvet Moderator emeritus

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    Realistically, you'll need to upgrade the RAM up to a max of 640Mb (I believe) and the highest OS you can run on that Mac is OS 10.4.11 (Tiger). It'll be an OK machine for basic word-processing, email, iTunes and so forth.
     
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