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Question re OS X on old iMac
I just bought a slot-loading blueberry iMac, 350 Mhz, G3, 6 GB hard drive, 128 MB ram on eBay, as a back-up machine for my home-office. According to the seller it's running OS 10.3.5. Any views on how a fairly old iMac like this one will perform running OS X ? (I'm waiting for it to be delivered so haven't tested it out yet.) Really, I should have asked this question before I bought it but that's the trouble with eBay: you just find yourself bidding!
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OS X on a G3 350 is going to be painfully sluggish, even with loads of ram. Ram will help, but it's not going to be fun either way.
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Thanks, in-effect. Do you agree with Marcmitc or Weed on the question of whether it would be too sluggish running OS X? I'm only using the internet, email, Word, Excel and possibly iTunes.
Well I've been running OS X on my G3 333 without any problems whatsoever. It does have 768mb of RAM, which helps, and I easily run the usual suspects, plus light Photoshop use. You shouldn't have a problem, especially if you've got a 400 or better.
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A related question: is it easy to install additional memory, or is this something you would recommend having done by a computer specialist?