Mac Discussion

[beanboy89]

I got a very quick reply from the guy with the iMac.

Someone is supposed to pick it up in an hour or so, if that falls through I'll let you know. Thanks!

[Gil]

I thought you hated Mac OS?

[beanboy89]

I thought you hated Mac OS?

I don't really hate it, I just think it can get annoying at times. And I can always run Linux if Mac OS gets too out of hand.

[Gil]

Thats true. As long as its not Windows, its fine. Though i don't really see why you'd buy a Mac without the intent of running Mac OS, seeing as Windows and Linux can run jsut about ANY computer, seems like a waste.

[beanboy89]

Thats true. As long as its not Windows, its fine. Though i don't really see why you'd buy a Mac without the intent of running Mac OS, seeing as Windows and Linux can run jsut about ANY computer, seems like a waste.

If I can get any of these Macs, I'll definitely give Mac OS a try. Could OS X run on that iMac G3? Or will it be pushing it with 64 MB RAM?

[Gil]

Thats true. As long as its not Windows, its fine. Though i don't really see why you'd buy a Mac without the intent of running Mac OS, seeing as Windows and Linux can run jsut about ANY computer, seems like a waste.

If I can get any of these Macs, I'll definitely give Mac OS a try. Could OS X run on that iMac G3? Or will it be pushing it with 64 MB RAM?

Upgrade RAM. I remember my iBook (old one) had 64 MB of RAM, and it didn't meet the requirements of Jag.

[Stephen]

Could OS X run on that iMac G3? Or will it be pushing it with 64 MB RAM?

You CAN run OS X on that iMac, but you'll definitely need to upgrade the RAM. No version of OS X will run with 64 MB of RAM.

[lfmusiclover]

Thats true. As long as its not Windows, its fine. Though i don't really see why you'd buy a Mac without the intent of running Mac OS, seeing as Windows and Linux can run jsut about ANY computer, seems like a waste.

If I can get any of these Macs, I'll definitely give Mac OS a try. Could OS X run on that iMac G3? Or will it be pushing it with 64 MB RAM?

You could probably run one of the earlier versions of X.

[Stephen]

I stand corrected, you CAN run OS X with 64mb of RAM, but the only version AFAIK will support this is Cheetah (OS X 10.0). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_10.0#System_requirements

However, the earlier versions of OS X were known for performance issues, so I wouldn't do it unless you upgraded the RAM up to at least 128 MB.

[lfmusiclover]

Gil, if you want to socialize, that's fine. But keep the attitude away. The NEXT time you give ANY attitude, even a little, your gone.

As for X, see Stephens post.

[Gil]

No one EVER uses 10.0. Ever. Its extremely unstable and nothing is compatible. If you do get it, do not use it.

[lfmusiclover]

How oculd 10.0 be any worse than 9 or any previous version? Did Apple catch MS Syndrome? 

[Gil]

How oculd 10.0 be any worse than 9 or any previous version? Did Apple catch MS Syndrome? 

Have you ever USED 10.0?? You'd know what i'm talking about. even 8 would probably be better than .0. Maybe a little exaggerating, but still, its useless. Wipe any hard drive that comes with 10.0

9 wouldn't be too bad with the iMac. The only problem is that it would be slow.

[lfmusiclover]

How oculd 10.0 be any worse than 9 or any previous version? Did Apple catch MS Syndrome? 

Have you ever USED 10.0?? You'd know what i'm talking about. even 8 would probably be better than .0. Maybe a little exaggerating, but still, its useless. Wipe any hard drive that comes with 10.0

9 wouldn't be too bad with the iMac. The only problem is that it would be slow.

So then Apple HAS taken a page out of Microsoft's book. 

[Gil]

I don't follow...

What applications do you plan to run?