You've got a point.
OS 9 would be making things worse. It would be better to run OS X slowly rather than OS 9 when you want light/moderate use on a G3.
Altemose probably meant Nokia E90.
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Using an iMac G3 in 2014?
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OS 9 would be making things worse. It would be better to run OS X slowly rather than OS 9 when you want light/moderate use on a G3.
Quicksilver2001
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On this topic I have 0.5 cents (2 farthings for British history buffs)
I really have to say, I have 2 G3 iMacs (a 600MHz/256MB/40GB/CD-RW unit in Graphite; and a 500MHz/256MB/30GB/DVD-ROM unit in Snow) and they fit in really well with 3 other machines I have from 2000 or 2001 and give me an ability to reminisce about how good the Classic Mac OS really got to be back in 2001, plus they help a Cube, a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver 2001, and also a Pismo PowerBook really satisfy this part of me that's always 12 years old & that refuses to grow up no matter how much better Mac OS X & Intel Macs may happen to be.
That part of me had me assemble a Mac OS 9 tag-team that could run X if I really needed it, but I'd rather just buy an Intel Mac now that the ones I so loved wound up being so obsolete in themselves. I really like how 9 works in a home network, and the iMac G3 duo will be sharing 2 really long-sought & now en route items that will show that although they may be 2 out of 3 CRT-laden Macs that they're still as important for the 12 year old in me as their professional laptop, prosumer desktop, & professional desktop stable mates.
(The other, by the way, is a 128k that I bought and fixed up for basically all the same reasons as the iMac G3s, just time-shifted. In fact I find it takes an iMac G4 to really equal the SE/30, I don't see any iMac G3 really getting that level of power.)
I really have to say, I have 2 G3 iMacs (a 600MHz/256MB/40GB/CD-RW unit in Graphite; and a 500MHz/256MB/30GB/DVD-ROM unit in Snow) and they fit in really well with 3 other machines I have from 2000 or 2001 and give me an ability to reminisce about how good the Classic Mac OS really got to be back in 2001, plus they help a Cube, a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver 2001, and also a Pismo PowerBook really satisfy this part of me that's always 12 years old & that refuses to grow up no matter how much better Mac OS X & Intel Macs may happen to be.
That part of me had me assemble a Mac OS 9 tag-team that could run X if I really needed it, but I'd rather just buy an Intel Mac now that the ones I so loved wound up being so obsolete in themselves. I really like how 9 works in a home network, and the iMac G3 duo will be sharing 2 really long-sought & now en route items that will show that although they may be 2 out of 3 CRT-laden Macs that they're still as important for the 12 year old in me as their professional laptop, prosumer desktop, & professional desktop stable mates.
(The other, by the way, is a 128k that I bought and fixed up for basically all the same reasons as the iMac G3s, just time-shifted. In fact I find it takes an iMac G4 to really equal the SE/30, I don't see any iMac G3 really getting that level of power.)
Why did you give her an iMac G3? A better computer would be better.
Funny thing is, my grandma has the latest Macbook Pro Retina 15" Maxed out. Now she might not need that good of a computer but atleast an intel from 2006?
I got my mother an iBook G3...
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Also Google has a nasty habit of reformatting a lot of sites like MacRumors. Must throw in some crazy CSS or something but it becomes impossible to view. Make sure to scroll down and 'view page directly'.
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I got my first Mac in 2011. Now look at my signature...
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I don't know what you're talking about... I never had anything like that... There's no "View page directly" at the bottom of the page. Can you explain?
The URL is sometimes prefixed on a site like MacRumors with "http://www.google.com/fgwaibiawbvib://www.macrumors.com/....." or something along those lines. They clearly put their own style sheet on the page for better compatibility of the supposed Nokia N95. I'm not sure if this only happens when using Classilla as a spoofed N95 or other wise. The site will display with large white areas and too few borders. Makes it very hard to navigate and stops lots of the javascript from working. I think it could only happen if you go to googles home page, search 'macrumors', and then click the provided link. Going to the site directly via bookmark would take Google out of the picture.
In fact, here you go!
http://www.google.com/gwt/x?u=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.macrumors.com&btnGo=Go&source=wax&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8