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Old iMac 800- what to do with it
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What to do.....
I have an 15" iMac 800. Haven't used it in 6 months but just decided I want to clean it up upgrade Software as much as possible and give it to a friend who has a kid for her to use, maybe put some games or programs on beforehand.
My first question is what is the best way to clean it up totally (yes, internally, no Clorox wipes). Best optimization process? (I have trial of SuperDuper that I use on MacBook Pro that I can network to it)
Then I would like to make back up disks. Bare Metal backup disks or whatever needed. She lives across the country and I won't be able to play with it if it goes bad.
Thanks for any help. I will be plugging it back in tonight and starting to look at it and will probably have more questions but thanks for now.....
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Reformat the drive and install a clean version of the OS.
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Originally Posted by Big Mac 
Reformat the drive and install a clean version of the OS.
I second that. Then load what ever apps you see fit. 
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Macbook Pro 15" / C2D 2.2 / 2GB / 120GB
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That machine would run well with Leopard or Tiger.
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Originally Posted by Eug
That machine would run well with Leopard or Tiger.
Tiger, yes. Leopard, no ( at least, according to Apple).
General requirements:Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
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Originally Posted by Eriamjh
I'm running Leopard on a G4 450 Cube. Works fine. It's slow, but that's because it's a G4 450, not because it's Leopard. (Tiger is pretty slow on the machine too.)
There are various ways to install it. The easiest ways are to use Target mode to directly install it on the iMac's hard drive, or else use Target mode to clone the drive from another computer. Alternatively, one can bypass the installer check.
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My best friend has Leopard on his 800 MHz G4 and it's fine. Tiger however is a bit faster and smoother. Since it will be a kid's computer, just put Tiger on it, they won't care 
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Did a clean install of tiger and will add a few openSource apps. Thanks for that link.
Look for 1 or 2 games then back up with SuperDuper and put the drive away and send machine.
Thanks for all the advice.
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