 What Version Of Macos Do You Use? |
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 Nov 11 2005, 04:24 AM
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Premium Member  Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 28-January 05 Member No.: 2,370  |
Just curious to see what the statistics were...
I have Jaguar on my iMac, but sadly, her display fried a couple months ago. 
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Nov 11 2005, 07:35 PM
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Binary Geek Group: Members Posts: 444 Joined: 4-November 05 From: The Digital Arena Member No.: 9,440 |
QUOTE(Jguy101 @ Nov 11 2005, 08:24 AM) Just curious to see what the statistics were... I have Jaguar on my iMac, but sadly, her display fried a couple months ago.  OS 8, the most stable out of all i guess ?? am i wrong ? Well i have a G3 so err .. upgrading to OS 9 or X is not possible for me. But having tried out OS X i belive that X is more better in user compatibility and graphics. Can i install OS x on a G3 ( A PowerPC upgraded to a G3 to be precise ) Regards Dhanesh. |
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Nov 11 2005, 11:17 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 28-January 05 Member No.: 2,370 |
Hmm...I dunno. I know someone was offering something that would let you install OS X on ancient Macs...but I dunno if yours would count as ancient. Are you sure you couldn't install OS 9?
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Nov 12 2005, 10:50 AM
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Binary Geek Group: Members Posts: 444 Joined: 4-November 05 From: The Digital Arena Member No.: 9,440 |
QUOTE(Jguy101 @ Nov 12 2005, 03:17 AM) Hmm...I dunno. I know someone was offering something that would let you install OS X on ancient Macs...but I dunno if yours would count as ancient. Are you sure you couldn't install OS 9? Yep , dead shure, cause installation of OS 9 requires a G4 and frankly my dad dosent wana upgrade. He like the way things go in smooth, no matter if its 10 years after OS X released. So i was thinking of changing things around for him. I dont think its just my dad, i mean many people have this mind set that once things are running smooth, y bother to upgrade or change etc. When things get nasty and an upgrade is needed, then comes the bad part lol. Newayz, hopefully hez happy with 8, and incase i am really shure about 9 or X installation on a G3, i'll go on and smoke a few MChip's  Regards Dhanesh. |
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Nov 13 2005, 04:21 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 28-January 05 Member No.: 2,370 |
OS 9 requiring a G4? No way! I had it on my 600 megahertz G3 iMac before her display fried...and it also came on iMacs that have much slower processor speed, like 350 or 400 megahertz. Heck, OS X runs fine on G3s...just not as well with the slower chips.
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Nov 22 2005, 04:47 PM
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Wheeeeeeee! Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: 19-October 05 From: DG, Belgium Member No.: 9,200 |
I had OS 9.2.2 on my iMac G3 for years, the upgrading installation was no problem. There is even a way to get OS X on a iMac G3, but it is difficult, because the system comes on DVDs and the old iMac don't have DVD. But you can exchange DVDs for CDs and that it's easy. There is a website on it, if you want it, I find it for you (try Google for "OS X on iMac").
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Nov 22 2005, 07:23 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 28-January 05 Member No.: 2,370 |
Yeah, but that's only for the latest version of OS X. OS 9 is on CD; heck, my iMac came with two Jaguar install CD-ROMs. It probably wouldn't be too hard to find old version of Mac OS for sale online, so I'd recommend buying an issue of MacWorld or MacAddict. They have large advertisement areas towards the end, and a couple eyars ago, I saw ads for palces that were selling OS 8! If that doesn't work, try eBay or Overstock.com Auctions.
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Nov 22 2005, 08:52 PM
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Wheeeeeeee! Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: 19-October 05 From: DG, Belgium Member No.: 9,200 |
errr.. yeah, but no one wants mac os x 8 here, right?
when did they start with giving out dvds instead of cdroms? which system? Can't you buy CDs directly or do you have to trade the DVDs to CDs (for money..)? |
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Nov 22 2005, 09:55 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 28-January 05 Member No.: 2,370 |
Well, I ddin't mean to get OS 8...but since that was a couple years ago, and they ahd System 8, then you'd probably still be able to get OS 9 or earlier versions of OS X.
I don't know when they started using DVDs for OS installation, but it was probably Panther or Tiger. |
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Nov 22 2005, 11:20 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 28-December 04 Member No.: 1,884 |
I am running OS 9 on my iMac G3, and I am also running OS X 10.4-Tiger on two other computers. I do wish I had an older SE/30 or something to run System 7 on, though. I'd like to use MacPaint.
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