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Whick OS on my g4 733 Mhz?
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I just picked up a g4 733 Mhz with 256 ram and I was wondering what operating system I could put on this system. I really dont have any idea what im doing I just bought an intel Imac and loved it so i decided to pick up this g4 because it was only $45. Thanks for your help people.
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You stole that thing for $45.
Bump the RAM to at least 512MB and install Tiger. You won't be sorry. For the amount of money you have it in you should go ahead and bump it to 1GB.
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Get at least 768Mb of RAM, which means at least a DIMM of 512Mb. Put Tiger on it as well, Tiger is very well suited to Quicksilvers.
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yeah, i had a digital audio (also 733Mhz) and they are sweet machines. honestly, not everything ppc was a joke.
i agree, bump it to a gig if you can.
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I believe that when I had one of these machines a few years ago, it had 1.5Gb of RAM. Performance was great, very quick. If performance is your goal, get 1.5Gb if you have the money.
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I vote for 1.5GB of RAM and installing Tiger.
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mAXdArAm, & get the big kitty 
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Personally I find it hilarious that you have the hots for my gramma. Especially seeins how she is 3x your age, and makes your Brittney-Spears-wannabe 30-something wife look like a rag doll who went thru WWIII with a burning stick of dynamite up her a** :)
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Originally Posted by simssega
The top disk in the pic is an upgrade disk which requires a previous install of OSX. The other disks are system disks that shipped with an eMac. Be very careful of these type auctions because most of these will only work with an eMac or the type system they shipped with.
The disk you are looking for is a retail disk. It will look like the top disk in the pic but it is a full install.
You could always go for Panther and save some cash:
eBay: Apple OS 10.3 Panther Full install DVD's - GUARANTEED!! (item 250033304133 end time Oct-05-06 20:14:44 PDT)
This guy guarantees that Panther will install on any Mac that is compatible or he will refund your money.
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Last edited by discotronic; Sep 28, 2006 at 09:58 PM.
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Those are also eMac install discs. Those are illegal unless you own an eMac. Look for a retail disc, which is black with a big X on it.
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