Hi fellow mac enthusiasts! I recently purchesed a tangerine iMac G3 233mhz at a garage sale for $10. Seemed like a good deal even though there was no peripherals or CD's. The machine boots perfect and it's loaded with lots of kids programs and runs pretty fast considering. I just added 256MB RAM PC100 (2X128) that I got from eBay for $10. The OS is 8.6. I have a 40GB IDE drive I'm going to install a into the machine also. That's all the hardware upgrades I intend to perform. $20 investment so far for a good running mac is pretty cheap, lol. So...a few questions if anyone can help...
1 - What is the best OS I should upgrade to and still keep the machine running good? I've heard the OSX might slow it down alot. I have no upgraded software (yet) btw. 2 - Can I keep the games that are currently installed on the hard drive and xfer them to the new drive? 3 - I read that I need to partition the new drive to 7GB to run OSX on the primary partition. Can I do that when I install the new OS? 4 - The machine only has a CD drive (tray loading). I'm guessing OSX comes on a DVD? If so, how can I see the drive to install the new OS? Thnx ya'all Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
