Author Topic: Dalmation G3 500Mhz System Upgrade (Read 2932 times)

chriskleeman · « **on:** July 04, 2006, 12:27:49 PM »

Just curious,

My daughter has a Dalmation slot loading CDRW i-mac, which has been running on Jaguar... I'm just wondering if it's worthwhile to upgrade to Panther on her machine... I think that from what I've read, Tiger is not going to work well on her machine, because it may be too CPU intensive... but I'm not sure how well Panther would work either... She'd like to be able to use a newer version of Safari that won't work in Jaguar, and there are some of the other things that none of us liked in Jaguar anyhow... but I don't want to spend the $$$ on a system that won't work...

I've upgraded the RAM to 1 GB, fyi.

Any thoughts? Or is it time for a Mini?

Thanks,

Chris K

Happy Fourth everyone!!!

kelly · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2006, 12:32:01 PM »

Panther will be better than Jaguar on that machine.

Upgrade to 10.3.9 for the newer Safari.

I agree Tiger would be a step backwards.

Go for it.

chriskleeman · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2006, 12:41:06 PM »

QUOTE(kelly @ Jul 4 2006, 05:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Panther will be better than Jaguar on that machine.

Upgrade to 10.3.9 for the newer Safari.

I agree Tiger would be a step backwards.

Go for it.

Wow, that was quick!

Kelly, that's pretty much what I thought... thanks as usual! So far the best price on a CD version that I've found is $59 from Applerescue.com...

Chris K

kelly · « **Reply #3 on:** July 04, 2006, 12:55:29 PM »

It doesn't have a Combo Drive?

Apple Mac OS X 10.3 Panther OEM DVD $40

http://www.megamacs.com/v1/index.php?actio...amp;pid=2771398

chriskleeman · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2006, 01:03:19 PM »

Nope... slot loading CDRW...

CK

kelly · « **Reply #5 on:** July 04, 2006, 01:09:03 PM »

You could install over a Network from another machine.

But that wouldn't help to Boot it with Install Disk if needed.

chriskleeman · « **Reply #6 on:** July 04, 2006, 01:24:03 PM »

Aye, that's the rub for sure... and I wouldn't want to render my daughter "bootless" now would I?

I thought about trying to install over a network from my machine, but I have a G4 MDD dual 1.25, and I don't think that install disk would work on the i-mac, and well, you know, the license, etc...

And I would have to do it over an airport network (gee, that could be a ton of fun to do that, huh?)

She should definitely have a boot disk.

D76 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 04, 2006, 01:24:59 PM »

It was reported to me that my old B&W 350 — long handed down — with 512 megabytes of RAM, is running Tiger as fast as it ran Panther (which, I suspect, isn't saying much, but nonetheless. . . .)

It can read DVDs, though.

kelly · « **Reply #8 on:** July 04, 2006, 01:34:27 PM »

I question that Tiger would run as well as Panther on that machine.

Jack W · « **Reply #9 on:** July 05, 2006, 09:51:29 AM »

I've got a Panther disc that I bought.

I never used it, went directly to Tiger.

Yours free if you pay the shipping.

Jack

chriskleeman · « **Reply #10 on:** July 05, 2006, 04:16:18 PM »

Wow, Jack W, such a deal! I sent you a personal message, fyi.

Thanks!

Chris K

kelly · « **Reply #11 on:** July 05, 2006, 06:38:40 PM »

Cool.

Jack's procrastination could be your gain.

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