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which osx do you reccomend for this
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Second (barely). With 256mb of RAM I wouldn't even bother turning the thing on. Upgrade that biotch!
me too.!
400/teal/512MB/40GB/DVD/Ultra???(wth?)/56k/fw/vga
it has tiger (10.4) and runns it flawlessly, just got it on ebay for 60 bucks.
you have a much faster processor but I have more RAM, i AM a first time Mac-er but i think you should be fine with tiger on that but no doubt panther will run faster.. just like xp would run faster than any vista machine (generally), ,but vista still runs fine on most.
Yeah, a flashing question mark means it can't see an OS. Either the hard drive is wiped clean, has a corrupted OS, or the drive has died. You can boot off of a install cd by holding down the 'c' key while it is starting up.
Take note: the the older imac's need to have the latest firmware to run the later versions of OSX.
The ram is more exspensive because it is an older style (PC-133) that really isn't made much any more. Getting it new tends to be pricey. You would save more by hunting down used sticks for sale or pulling some from old systems.
Take note: the the older imac's need to have the latest firmware to run the later versions of OSX.
The ram is more exspensive because it is an older style (PC-133) that really isn't made much any more. Getting it new tends to be pricey. You would save more by hunting down used sticks for sale or pulling some from old systems.
I just picked up a 400Mhz iMac G3 for $20 the other day. I'm going to put a 60GB HD in and upgrade the RAM to at least 512MB. It's got OS 9 but I'm going to put Tiger on it. Does anyone know if I can put PC133 in? I haven't found a definitive answer yet.
Yes. PC133 is backwards compatable with PC100. I put some old eMac (PC133) ram in an eMac slot load with no problems. It does have to be low density.
pc133
i used crucial to check what i needed and ordered it off ebay £10, 1 gig on its way, so will need to update the firmware? if so can i use a live cd boot off that, boot off that, connect to the tinterweb update firmware then instal the proper osx
so once again with 1gig, is tiger my best bet now?
cheers for the help
i used crucial to check what i needed and ordered it off ebay £10, 1 gig on its way, so will need to update the firmware? if so can i use a live cd boot off that, boot off that, connect to the tinterweb update firmware then instal the proper osx
so once again with 1gig, is tiger my best bet now?
cheers for the help
Update the firmware if it isnt. You can download it through Apple's support page. Tiger might run at it's best now, so go with that, exp. if you have newer Phones/iPods.
I have a 600MHz iMac just like that with 768Mb of RAM and it runs Tiger just fine. I used it as my main Mac for 2 weeks while my MBP was in the shop and my brother uses it daily now. If you have a G3 thats 450MHz or faster, I wouldn't hesitate to run Tiger with the right amount of RAM. Any slower than 450 and I would have to say Panther is the best OS choice. If you can run 10.4 I would say its worth it just for Safari 2.0 and for the more recent updates it still receives.
To update the firmware you need to be running at least OS 9.1, but not OS X. I think the firmware version is at 4.1.9. You can check it by holding down command-option-o-f on startup.
I updated the firmware last night and I'm putting Tiger on it today. 400Mhz w/512MB RAM. I think it might be a bit slow, but I'm doing it anyway, just as a test. I'll let you know how it goes.
I updated the firmware last night and I'm putting Tiger on it today. 400Mhz w/512MB RAM. I think it might be a bit slow, but I'm doing it anyway, just as a test. I'll let you know how it goes.
Update: Even with only 512MB RAM and running Tiger, a 400Mhz iMac G3 is still a respectable internet-browsing, email-checking, DVD-watching little computer.
Posted from above-mentioned machine. Strawberry-flavored, oh yeah!
Posted from above-mentioned machine. Strawberry-flavored, oh yeah!
True. I also had a 400MHz DV SE running Tiger. I think it was with 256MB. Great little computer.
I know a friend who has a 10yo Windows 98 machine. I've got a 60GB hard drive that I can slap in there. With that and Tiger, this should be quite an upgrade for them.
I'd never played around with one of these until a couple days ago, and think it's a great machine to tinker on. mac2sell quoted my configuration at $60. Does that seem like a fair price to you?
I'd never played around with one of these until a couple days ago, and think it's a great machine to tinker on. mac2sell quoted my configuration at $60. Does that seem like a fair price to you?