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04-22-2006, 04:57 PM
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Master Techie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bristol Posts: 2,134
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i have just been given a mac g3, the beige tower one.
the person who gave it to me lost the OS9 disc that came with it. where can i get one? they dont seem to be for sale anywhere. or anyone have a copy they dont want that they can send me?
would OSX run on it? i think it is the 266Mhz with 256MB ram.
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04-22-2006, 08:35 PM
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Up to 10.2 natively, and 10.3 and 10.4 would run on it if you installed XPostFacto (google it, it'll tell you all you need to know). However, I would not recommend anything past OS X 10.1 on that until you get some more RAM.
And no, I don't really know anywhere you could get a cheap copy, save eBay.
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04-22-2006, 10:07 PM
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I thought Panther (10.3) tended to run faster...even on older hardware.
Thing with 10.1 (as I recall) was that it still felt like a very polished beta. Of course, you did get the hardware at no cost, so it should be all good.
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04-23-2006, 06:18 AM
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ok, thanks.
EDIT:wow, i love the noise when you turn it on!
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04-23-2006, 10:30 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by Qiranworms
I thought Panther (10.3) tended to run faster...even on older hardware.
Thing with 10.1 (as I recall) was that it still felt like a very polished beta. Of course, you did get the hardware at no cost, so it should be all good. | Not in my experience, no. On some machines, especially the ones with rather good video cards, it does, but probably not that one. | |
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04-23-2006, 12:07 PM
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it has integraded video. (and a crazily big video editing card)
oh, also, what is the minimum recommended PSU wattage for them? i have it running off a 150W at the moment.
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04-23-2006, 02:50 PM
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you could try XP Professsional on it...it would be pretty sweet.
But that PSU is just....sad...
pretty good for free tho.
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04-23-2006, 02:54 PM
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lol, it is from an old P3 system.
yay! my friend found the OS9 disc. goodly good.
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04-23-2006, 03:32 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by macdude425
Not in my experience, no. On some machines, especially the ones with rather good video cards, it does, but probably not that one. | Makes sense. I just remember seeing some G3 iMacs upgraded from Jaguar to Panther and having a very notable speed increase. No change in hardware. I suppose if you go further back than those machines (such as the machine he just aquired) that no longer applies.
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04-23-2006, 04:49 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by talldude123
you could try XP Professsional on it...it would be pretty sweet.
But that PSU is just....sad...
pretty good for free tho. | i didnt know microsoft released a version of XP for mac g3s
when did they do this?
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