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    amcliz is offline Registered User
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    Can I install OSX on Beige G3 266MHz

    Hi there...
    I have an old Beige G3 that I would love to upgrade to OSX. I have tried before with no success. Does anyone have any ideas or similar experiences... or am I basically wasting my time.

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    Anthony
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    The specs on my primary system:
    • Beige G3 Mini Tower (originally a G3/266)
    • G4 at 533 MHz with 1 MB of L2 cache
    • 640 MB of memory
    • ATI Radeon 7000 (with 32 MB of VRAM)
    • Ultra ATA/66 PCI card
    • 80 GB hard drive (connected to Ultra ATA/66 card)
    • original CD-ROM drive (on first logic board ATA bus)
    • DVD-ROM from a Blue & White (on second logic board ATA bus)
    • 2 port USB card
    • 20" display
    • Mac OS X v10.3.9
    For me this is a great system, and at a great price (free). And I plan on adding a CDRW to the last expansion bay and have room for a couple more hard drives... so it hasn't reached it's limits just yet.
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    OS X will run on a beige G3, just make sure you have at least 512 megs of RAM. It will be terribly slow but I got it working on my old iMac 233 mhz so you shouldnt have any problems. Good luck

 

 

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