Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-12 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/10/10 11:09, Alex Sciortino so eloquently wrote: I have an iMac g3 and it has a 40gb hdd should I upgrade? If so what size and how? That depends on what you intend to use your iMac for. If you want to store a few photos and a little bit of music, 40GB might be fine. But if you want

Re: Imac G3 ..browsing problem

2011-10-12 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/10/11 13:07, eric salazar so eloquently wrote: I hace an I mac G3 400mhz , with Mac OSX10.3.9, when I try to browse in safari it does not let me do it properly like email or facebook or even youtube , it says I need to update or upgrade my browser but I have no idea how to work it

Re: Imac G3 ..browsing problem

2011-10-12 Thread Dan
At 12:07 PM -0700 10/11/2011, eric salazar wrote: I mac G3 400mhz , with Mac OSX10.3.9 when I try to browse in safari it does not let me do it properly like email or facebook or even youtube , it says I need to update or upgrade my browser but I have no idea how to work it out...! This is

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-12 Thread D. Fabel
Oooh, Tina reminds me... Again, depending upon which iMac, you may also have partition issues for the OS. The older tray loaders needed the OS within the first 8GB (maybe less) of the hard drive. Doug On Oct 12, 2011, at 7:39 AM, Tina K. wrote: Not knowing which iMac you have, and being

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-12 Thread Jack Suggs
If you need more storage space, buy an external drive. I own a graphite G3 iMac with a 40 gig drive that runs just fine, with OS 10.3.9 and 9.2.2. -- 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

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-12 Thread Robert MacLeay
If this is your every day Mac, you should definitely upgrade, but installing a new hard drive may not the most cost-effective choice. Hard drives wear out. Most come with only 3-year warranties, and while some last for much longer, I would guess that more than half of the drives manufactured 10