RAM upgrade for old iMac g5?

[lewisweekly]

Hello, I just got my hands on an old iMac g5 via Ebay. The mac has all your standard specs: 1GB RAM, Intel Core 2 duo etc... But the hard drive has been re-formatted and is now running windows 8. My question is, how much RAM is this device upgradable to? I understand with the older mac OS's you could upgrade to a maximum of 2GB, and a maximum of 3GB with the newer OS's. But what about Windows 8, would it be possible to upgrade to say 4 or even 6GB or would the iMac simply not recognise that amount?

Thank you

regards, Lewis W

 

[chibiterasu]

Hi I think this is in the wrong section, you say G5 in the title and then core 2 duo in your question. Which processor do you have??

 

[lewisweekly]

Thanks for coreecting me then, i will ask for this thread to be removed. it was labled as a power pc strangely...

 

[chibiterasu]

Thats alright, yeah if its an intel chip inside then its not a powerpc mac.

 

[tampasteve]

Thanks for coreecting me then, i will ask for this thread to be removed. it was labled as a power pc strangely...

People on ebay sometimes do not know the difference. I bought a 17" imac G5 that turned out to be a 20" Core Duo when it arrived! Likewise I have seen G5 Powermacs labeled as Mac Pro...or the mythical "Powermac Mac Pro" is sometimes posted.

 

[lewisweekly]

People on ebay sometimes do not know the difference. I bought a 17" imac G5 that turned out to be a 20" Core Duo when it arrived! Likewise I have seen G5 Powermacs labeled as Mac Pro...or the mythical "Powermac Mac Pro" is sometimes posted.

Wow... I hope my one turns out to be this!