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indigoimac · Feb 22, 2003, 11:49 AM

Will OS X run well on a 500Mhz iMac w/ 320mb of Ram and the stock 20 gig HD?

Walker · Feb 22, 2003, 12:35 PM

It will run ok. Put another 512 mb memory in it and it will be swell. Memory is too cheap not to do this.

lw

Nostrildomus · Feb 22, 2003, 08:06 PM

I am running OS 10.2.4 on my iMac 400 DV/SE with 512k of Ram - It runs very nicely and I couldn't be happier with the upgrade.

...Nostrildomus

D'Espice · Feb 23, 2003, 06:08 AM

It'll run just fine and in case you don't do lots of things simultaneously (meaning you don't have a lot of apps running at the same time) you don't even need to upgrade the RAM. The other guys are right though, memory is very cheap and adding a 512MB stick won't hurt.

ryju · Feb 23, 2003, 02:46 PM

If it runs on a 333 imac then it'll be way better on a 500.
I'm running 10.2.4 on this 400 imac DV indigo with 10GB harddrive and only 8MB video.
1GB ram, but it's running amazing, i get more work done then my friends on they're 1.8GHz machines.

Nicko · Feb 23, 2003, 04:28 PM

Oh yea, well im running Jag on a Bondi 233 imac with 192 megs of ram, 2 megs of video, beat that!

......oh yea, it runs.

DinoG4 · Feb 25, 2003, 10:31 AM

I CAN beat that

....bondi blue imac 233 Revision A running 10.2.3 with only 128mb ram....reminds me of my Performa 6200 days haha

Dex13 · Feb 25, 2003, 06:20 PM

Originally posted by indigoimac:
Will OS X run well on a 500Mhz iMac w/ 320mb of Ram and the stock 20 gig HD?

Don't Worry it will run fine, what you have to stay away from is 10.1.x. (Bad Times)

slider · Feb 25, 2003, 08:21 PM

Originally posted by Nostrildomus:
I am running OS 10.2.4 on my iMac 400 DV/SE with 512k of Ram - It runs very nicely and I couldn't be happier with the upgrade.

...Nostrildomus

Aren't you not alive.

Yeah, it will run great. I installed it on my Dad's iMac333 with 512 and it's runs good, not great, but it doe's everything he needs. Then I have my iBook 466 with 576MB with 8MB vram, and it runs much better, I'd say great. Both of the Previous machine have a system bus of 66MHz. You are running at 100MHz, with a faster processor and a 128 Rage Pro with 8MB vram. And definately only Jaguar and beyond, why anyone would currently run the early versions is beyond me. Good luck with it.

kovacs · Feb 26, 2003, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by indigoimac:
Will OS X run well on a 500Mhz iMac w/ 320mb of Ram and the stock 20 gig HD?

I have the exact same specs and jaguar runs pretty well on this litle machine. The only problem is the screen resolution, in OS9 800*600 is enough but in jaguar you really need the maximum resolution of 1024*768, of course the refresh rate drops but it stays acceptable ( 78 Hz. I think ). The only reason I would buy a new mac would be for the bigger screen and the better graphics card... I also have a new iMac 800 and a Dual G4 but jaguar runs far more stable on my old iMac than on the newer machines, the main problem on these newer machines is that they sometimes fail to wake up ( once every month or so..)

bradoesch · Feb 27, 2003, 11:54 AM

My iMac DV (400 MHz) handles Jaguar alright. I've only got 384 MB of RAM. I just can't have too many programs running at once.

darcybaston · Feb 27, 2003, 12:03 PM

I'm a 10.1.5 sufferer on a 1999 400mhz iMav DV SE with 256 RAM. Runs very well, unless you've got Omniweb or Acquisition on the go (either or both) for example.

You leave those two apps on long enough (20 min?),and all memory data goes to the virtual disk while those two apps suck up the physical. Switching from Omni or Acqui to the Finder, always results in a hard drive heart attack.

And iPhoto? Can't even use it unless I have hours to kill. iMovie 3 runs just great though. Unless you drag and drop a folder of images onto the shelf (30-50), then you'd best leave the house.

I'm guessing Jag and 512MB ram will fix?

dampeoples · Feb 27, 2003, 01:22 PM

Runs pretty OK on my 500MHz iBook/384MB, and you have the 100MHz bus, I think. Big difference in this machine and my 700MHz iMac/1GB with the 100MHz bus though. I'd love to play around with it on a DP tower.

Anomalous · Feb 27, 2003, 03:48 PM

Originally posted by Nostrildomus:
I am running OS 10.2.4 on my iMac 400 DV/SE with 512k of Ram - It runs very nicely and I couldn't be happier with the upgrade.

...Nostrildomus

512 K of RAM!? I sure hope you meant 512 MB.

Agent69 · Feb 27, 2003, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by dampeoples:
Runs pretty OK on my 500MHz iBook/384MB, and you have the 100MHz bus, I think. Big difference in this machine and my 700MHz iMac/1GB with the 100MHz bus though. I'd love to play around with it on a DP tower.

According to Everymac.com, you should have a 66Mhz bus. Unless you overclocked it.

slider · Feb 27, 2003, 10:15 PM

Originally posted by darcybaston:
I'm a 10.1.5 sufferer on a 1999 400mhz iMav DV SE with 256 RAM. Runs very well, unless you've got Omniweb or Acquisition on the go (either or both) for example.

You leave those two apps on long enough (20 min?),and all memory data goes to the virtual disk while those two apps suck up the physical. Switching from Omni or Acqui to the Finder, always results in a hard drive heart attack.

And iPhoto? Can't even use it unless I have hours to kill. iMovie 3 runs just great though. Unless you drag and drop a folder of images onto the shelf (30-50), then you'd best leave the house.

I'm guessing Jag and 512MB ram will fix?

Hell, yes, Jag would take you a long way alone, it uses what you have for ram. The more the better, you can really see it in the overall performance. If you had to choose, I'd go with Jag frist, ram next.