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OSX and old iMac
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Is it possible to install OSX on this system? It currently has 8.5 installed.
Machine ID: 406
Model: IMAC
Processor Info: Power PC G3
Speed: 333MHZ
RAM: J3/Bottom 32MB DIMM
J1/Top 128MB DIMM
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W....liar or idiot? Pick two.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Originally posted by stoneage:
Is it possible to install OSX on this system? It currently has 8.5 installed.
Machine ID: 406
Model: IMAC
Processor Info: Power PC G3
Speed: 333MHZ
RAM: J3/Bottom 32MB DIMM
J1/Top 128MB DIMM
Yes, it is possible.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Yes, an iMac 333 will run OS X. You should definitely consider upgrading the RAM though, because it makes a substantial difference in speed.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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yeah, more ram for sure. and while you will be able to install and run os x and choose whether you boot in os x or 8.5, if you want to run your old apps in os x's "classic" mode you'll need to upgrade that 8.5 install to 9.x too.
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Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity...
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Join Date: Feb 2000
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I'm running panther on an iMac 333.
Surfing is OK and using iTunes.
I wouldn't make it my primary Photoshop machine, but it's OK.
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: London, UK
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Another thing to consider - how big is your hard drive, and how much space do you have left on it? Personally, I wouldn't recommend anything less than 10GB... you can get away with less (e.g. 6GB), but you will probably end up filling it fairly rapidly if you use things like iPhoto etc. and if you don't have enough physical memory (due to paging of memory from RAM to the hard disk).
If you can afford it, another relatively cheap and good upgrade for older machines and OSX is a faster and bigger hard drive. This site has the various Apple service manuals for all mac models available for download so you can find out how to safely take your machine apart to upgrade it.
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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It'll run fine, get lotsa ram and it'll be very snappy...*TM
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