Easy upgrade to Leopard on 800MHz G4 iMac

2009-08-28 Thread Malcolm O'Brien
I had some trepidation about attempting to install Leopard (10.5.6) on my Panther-running, 800MHz 'half a soccer ball' iMac. The main reason for the trepidation was the classification of my machine at Uncertain at the Leopard Assist website here:

Re: iMac upgrades

2009-08-28 Thread Nestamicky
On 8/27/09 12:14 PM, Jonathan wrote: It was nice to have OS 10.x, but I went back to 9 whenever I could for the added speed and snappier response in the older machine. This goes for Apple as does the folks developing Linux distros. I've not mentioned Windose for a reason: would it not be nice

Re: Easy upgrade to Leopard on 800MHz G4 iMac

2009-08-28 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
Why didn't you just use FireWire Target Disk mode to do the install? -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney Newton MP 2100 iPhone 3GS --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and

Re: Easy upgrade to Leopard on 800MHz G4 iMac

2009-08-28 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
Why didn't you just use FireWire Target Disk mode to do the install? -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney Newton MP 2100 iPhone 3GS --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and

Re: Easy upgrade to Leopard on 800MHz G4 iMac

2009-08-28 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
Sorry for the double post but I'm getting messages that this group doesn't exist, yet my posts went through! Weird. -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is ... oh, never mind. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

Re: Mouse and memory

2009-08-28 Thread Carol McKee
I like Logitech. They are cheap, but they work great. Carol On Aug 27, 2009, at 4:56 PM, 2monet wrote: My mac is .8 GHz Power PC G% 512 MB RAM 1. Is that sufficient for sketch up? 2. What brand mouse should I buy. I can't find anything in the Apple store. Thank you -

Re: Mouse and memory

2009-08-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 27, 2009, at 2:56 PM, 2monet wrote: My mac is .8 GHz Power PC G% 512 MB RAM 1. Is that sufficient for sketch up? I'm guessing you mean an 800 Mhz G4, and it's very marginal, per their requirements page: Minimum hardware • 1 GHz PowerPC™ G4. • 512 MB RAM.

Re: Mouse and memory

2009-08-28 Thread Steve from Raleigh
At the Apple online store, on the left column list, click on Mac Accessories to see Apple's mouse options. I'm sure you meant G5 (since % is 5 capitalized), and if you simply search for Sketchup, Google's 3D modeling software (free or $495) and click on Download, you will see the system

Re: Mouse and memory

2009-08-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 27, 2009, at 5:29 PM, Cyrus Griffin wrote: What do you mean by sketch up? Googles 3D design appliation that they bought http://sketchup.google.com/ -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely

Re: iMac upgrades

2009-08-28 Thread Tom Coradeschi
At 07:17 AM -0600 08/28/2009, Nestamicky wrote: On 8/27/09 12:14 PM, Jonathan wrote: It was nice to have OS 10.x, but I went back to 9 whenever I could for the added speed and snappier response in the older machine. This goes for Apple as does the folks developing Linux distros. I've not

G3 600MHz iMac, dead?

2009-08-28 Thread Fran
I wrote in about a week ago for this same computer... symptoms are: computer does not start no chime no light no HD noise The only sound is when you plug in the computer and push the on/off button one can hear a small' bump' of power then nothing. This computer was working fine for just over a

Re: G3 600MHz iMac, dead?

2009-08-28 Thread Cyrus Griffin
Probably bad power supply or motherboard. -Elliott On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Fran wrote: I wrote in about a week ago for this same computer... symptoms are: computer does not start no chime no light no HD noise The only sound is when you plug in the computer and push the