iBook 3G... help needed.. new to macs

[AshleyMarie]

Hey! So I just bought a mac:
iBook G3 Laptop
500MHz
OSX 10.2 Jaguar
RAM 256 MB
14 GB
Okay, so I want to get iWork 09 and I was wondering if getting the box set of iLife09, Leopard, and iWork 09 would actually function on my laptop. I bought the laptop so I had an extra computer just for school papers and stuff and I figured upgrading to Leopard and all the other stuff might be a smart idea... I dont know much about computers, so any help?

Thanks
Ash

 

[matthewscott661]

you can't run leopard on a G3. you need at least a G4 with an 867MHz processor. as for iLife and iWork, try searching ebay for older versions as they will probably work better on an older machine.

 

[AshleyMarie]

Okay, thanks! Any idea what version of iwork and ilife would work with it?
like i said , i have no clue anything about macs so this is all foreign to me

 

[andalusia]

iWork 5 requires 10.3, so my best guess is that iWork 4 will work on Jaguar.

 

[matthewscott661]

You can probably google search or check wikipedia for the release dates of different versions of iWork and their system requirements.

 

[AshleyMarie]

sounds like a good idea thanks all!
one more question... microsoft office student edition 2004 for macs... any clue if that would work... considering ordering it on ebay for the computer instead of ilife.

 

[NewMacbookPlz]

sounds like a good idea thanks all!
one more question... microsoft office student edition 2004 for macs... any clue if that would work... considering ordering it on ebay for the computer instead of ilife.

System requirements and installation
To run Microsoft Office 2004, your computer must meet the following minimum requirements:

* Processor: Mac OS X-compatible processor that is a model G3 or higher.
* Operating System: Mac OS X version 10.2.8 or later.
* Memory: 256 MB of RAM.
* Hard Disk*: 570 MB of available hard-disk space for installing Office by using the Office Setup Assistant (recommended); 610 MB for installing Office by dragging the Microsoft Office 2004 folder to your hard disk.