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Panther for eMac?
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Hi everyone, I'm new here - but since I'm soon to purchase my first ever Mac, making the switch from Windows - I'll be sure to post more often here - looks like a great community.
However, one factor remains before I buy my eMac (the cheapest spec, as it is my first Mac)...
Will Panther work with the eMac? - once it's released, will I be able to upgrade from Jaguar -> Panther?
If someone could make a speedy response I'd be sooooo grateful, as I'll go ahead and order it tonight
If you're wondering about the RAM in the lowest spec eMac, 128MB - I'm going to upgrade this to around 512MB as soon as I get it.
TIA
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Yes Panther will work with the eMac. It will probably work with the slowest G3 out there in fact. Apple would be foolish for it not to work.
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Originally posted by cbn_Noodles:
If you're wondering about the RAM in the lowest spec eMac, 128MB - I'm going to upgrade this to around 512MB as soon as I get it.
Super idea. OS X loves RAM-- I run 1 GB in my iMac (maxed out) and I noticed a big difference from my previous 384 MB. I can't imagine 128 MB in X.
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I have 512 megs of ram in the eMac...256 came with it and I added 256. What is the max I can go to? If I remember there was only one slot for me to add the ram to. Will 1gb of ram vs 512 make a difference?
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Yeah, you can put two dimms of 512MB in the eMac. Thing is, you'll need to take out both the 256MB dimms.
As for making a difference - I wouldn't know as I haven't got mine yet.
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Originally posted by bradoesch:
Super idea. OS X loves RAM-- I run 1 GB in my iMac (maxed out) and I noticed a big difference from my previous 384 MB. I can't imagine 128 MB in X.
I can, the eMacs at school for Photoshop and scanning have only 128MBs and OS X really is a dog. To be honest Apple is giving OS X a bad image shipping the machines with so little RAM, makes the computers seem well like slow.
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From what I have been reading in some of the other forums, there are huge speed improvements in panther which are realized by slower machines. I think you'll be all set.
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Panther preview runs great on the eMac. I'm running an 800MHZ with 768 RAM and it sings along great.
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Originally posted by slider:
From what I have been reading in some of the other forums, there are huge speed improvements in panther which are realized by slower machines. I think you'll be all set.
I have an imac DV 400
256 mgs of Ram
Panther runs great on it.
Panther Is A Huge Improvement!
(And It's Still In Development)
:edit:
So Yeah Panther Will Run Excellent on Your Machine
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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Read with interest Dex!
I have a DV 400 with 384 RAM and I was wondering if Panther would work on it, cos my 10.1.X is pretty shaggy right now. Looking forward to a wipe clean! And a new OS to fix a ot fo the bugs that have crept in with software hacks.
But also wondering if I'll have to start again by reinstalling OS9.0 9.1, 9.2 etc. Well at least I partitioned so probably won't 'have' to.
Originally posted by Dex13:
I have an imac DV 400
256 mgs of Ram
Panther runs great on it.
Panther Is A Huge Improvement!
(And It's Still In Development)
:edit:
So Yeah Panther Will Run Excellent on Your Machine
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I'm glad to hear that Panther works at least as well as Jaguar does on the eMac. I have been quite happy with the performance of my eMac since I maxed out the RAM to 1024MB.
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