[jbartone]

Hi All.

I want to get an old Mac. Something that is able to run the latest OS (10.2.x ?). Speed isn't an issue at all. I just want get a feel for the OS, having not used Macs for a long long time. Any ideas what I should be looking for?

Thanks.

PS. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum.

[Grrr]

My aging slot loading iMac 400 runs *cough*10.3*cough* surprisingly well. It wasnt too bad with 10.2 either.
I'd imagine a slower/older iMac would be, well, erm, a lot slower and not so nice to use.
But whatever you get, chuck loads of ram in it for best results.
If speed really isnt an issue though, then pretty much any iMac can run OS X. But as I said, personally, I dont think i'd want to run it on anything slower than an iMac 400.

[slider]

Look for something with at least a 100Mhz system bus, something you can drop a gig of ram in (that rules out the first gen iMacs) and I would at least look for a 600Mhz G3 processor. If you can find something with at least 16MB of ram on the gpu. And a CDRW to give you a feel for the integreation of the OS with CD burning via iTunes, iPhoto, and such. The last of the CRT iMacs fill these specs, running at 600 and 700 Mhz. Note, this is just to get a feel for the OS, not to run Photoshop.

[jbartone]

Thanks for the help guys.

jbartone