Thanks Al, I don't currently have a use for OS 9, but should one arise I will keep this in mind.
jeff > Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 09:08:07 -0700 > Subject: Re: New to Mac - Just purchased used G4 > From: alfred.pou...@gmail.com > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > > > On May 8, 9:37 pm, Mac G4 <g4mac...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah I dont think this comp came with 10.4 orignally, but i figured some > > type of restore discs is better than none. > > Going back to the original restore disks, if you could find them, > would put you back to OS 10.2 which is not where you want to be. And > OS 10.3 Panther is pretty obsolete these days. On the other hand, any > used retail set of 10.4 Tiger, or 10.5 Leopard will do fine on any > model of the MDD, provided it has sufficient RAM, 512 MB at least. > Retail sets are black in color, not grey. If you want to keep the > door open for using OS 9.2.2 some day, be sure to check the box in > Disk Utility for the OS 9 drivers when you reinitialize the drive. > > Al Poulin > > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
