iMac 233 Bondi Blue?

[Eric Lewis]

Can i upgrade this machine...i found it at the end of a randoms persons driveway going to to garbage..it works perfect..how much ram can I put in? and is there a video guide? or good guide with pictures?

 

[FocusAndEarnIt]

Can i upgrade this machine...i found it at the end of a randoms persons driveway going to to garbage..it works perfect..how much ram can I put in? and is there a video guide? or good guide with pictures?

Yes, you can upgrade that machine... I think you can pop in a 256MB chip in both of the slots; so a total of 512. It's not very difficult to upgrade the RAM, but it's a bit more difficult than now a day's computers.

Here's the guide:

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iMacG3_originalInstallGuide.PDF

There are two slots... one of them is underneath the processor card. the other is on top of the processor card, i believe. i've done it tons of times; it's not that difficult, but it requires some gut to do it.

EDIT:

I'd also put a new hard drive in it... say an 80GB drive; those run dirt cheap now.

 

[Eric Lewis]

Ok...so

where is the hard drive?
can i put a better operating system on other then 9.2
could i put in a DVD drive?

 

[strider42]

where is the hard drive?
can i put a better operating system on other then 9.2
could i put in a DVD drive?

This site will help with upgrades: http://www.djonmac.com

The computer is supported up to 10.3, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you max out the ram.

There are processor upgradews available out there for it, but they probably aren't worth it.

I don't think I've seen DVD drives for that machine (the graphics are very underpowered), but I've seen CD-Rw drives that replace the internal drive but who knows if they are still available.

 

[Eric Lewis]

ok

what are some great free 9.2 applications which are fun to use..like paint and random stuff...isnt there an itunes for 9.2 or something to play cds...anything else i can download...