On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 14:28:21 UTC-4, ValterV wrote: > > Il giorno 08/04/15 16.33, "Mark My Word" ha scritto: > > > My understanding is that to enable > > this machine to run Safari, Mozilla, or a newer IE, it would need to > move > > up to a version of OS10, rather than the OS9.1 that is installed. > Yes and no. > > In Mac OS (I mean 9 or previous), you can still use an updated browser, > Classila: > http://www.floodgap.com/software/classilla/ > > It's not totally equivalent to modern browsers, but it could still be good > enough for your friend. > > > could this machine be updated with a version of OS10? > To answer precisely, we'd need to know the processor speed and installed > Ram > quantity. > In theory she could install OS X, but - depending on CPU and Ram - the > performances could be not acceptable. > (on old Macs, OS9 can run circles around OS X as a matter of speed) > > Besides, most modern browsers would not likely be compatible with the old > OS > X version that iMac can run. > From the same source as Classilla, the TenFourFox browser would likely > can: > http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/ > > Lastly, IMHO 10.3 was the first really useful OSX version. > 10.4 was even better (and usually the last version you want to run on an > old > Mac), and I didn't bother with 10.5 (slower and not much better than > 10.4). > > When I bring up the window "About This Computer" the following information > is provided >
Mac OS 9.1 Mac OS ROM 7.5.1 Built in Memory 128 MB Virtual Memory 129 MB Apple Computer 1983-2001 So it appears to have 128 meg of system RAM. I think the CPU is either 500 or 600 MHz from the Apple information that I can find online. Thank you for the useful information, and the web browsing possibilities. We may get an acceptable result for the lady. Cheers, Mark -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
