eMac Upgrade questions

[DeltaMac]

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1. does the eMac use Mini PCI for its AirPort card?
2 goes google Chrome work on OS X Leopard on PPC?
3. is there any themes for Mac OS X?

1. No - The slot is proprietary on the older Macs, and AFAIK, the only card that will function there is an Airport Extreme card. The newer intel Macs do use either a different unique slot, or some models use a PCI Express slot. Those won't work in the PowerMacs, of course.

2. I don't think a version of Chrome works on any PPC processor (Chrome is Intel only) When I searched fro that question, I found that the browser code that Google uses for Chrome will not be ported to PPC processors, which would also affect Linux on PPC. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1469159

3. You can Google for OS X theming software.
One is CandyBar. (you can try it, but it's not free)
Here's also a list of theming software, some free themes, but usually the theming software is not.
http://interfacelift.com/themes-mac/software.php

[LeoTheLion89]

1. No - The slot is proprietary on the older Macs, and AFAIK, the only card that will function there is an Airport Extreme card. The newer intel Macs do use either a different unique slot, or some models use a PCI Express slot. Those won't work in the PowerMacs, of course.

2. I don't think a version of Chrome works on any PPC processor (Chrome is Intel only) When I searched fro that question, I found that the browser code that Google uses for Chrome will not be ported to PPC processors, which would also affect Linux on PPC. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1469159

3. You can Google for OS X theming software.
One is CandyBar. (you can try it, but it's not free)
Here's also a list of theming software, some free themes, but usually the theming software is not.
http://interfacelift.com/themes-mac/software.php

so is this the proper AirPort card for eMac? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_1585wt_702

[LeoTheLion89]

2. I don't think a version of Chrome works on any PPC processor (Chrome is Intel only) When I searched fro that question, I found that the browser code that Google uses for Chrome will not be ported to PPC processors, which would also affect Linux on PPC.

what about the Chrome-based Linux "Chromium" Web Browser? Whould this work on PPC Linux? is it possible to install Linux apps on OS X?

[DeltaMac]

That Airport card is correct for your USB 2.0 eMac.

I have my eMac dual-booting to Ubuntu

If you don't need that - you can use Unix/Linux apps running through x11, I suppose.
Here's a support page for using Linux apps on OS X - by installing Fink and Fink Commander.
http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/05/09...e-walkthrough/

About Chromium, according to the Chromium wiki - probably not for PPC
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wi...ldInstructions

I get all the answers to your multiple questions by searching, usually with Google....
Do you need any help learning how to do that?

[LeoTheLion89]

can you tell me the LAST version of these programs that will work on PPC Macs i know that Firefox 10 works on Windows 2000 unsupported but i dont know at what version firefox switched to Intel only Mac.

Firefox
Frostwire 4.21.8?
BitTorrent
Safari
iTunes
Microsoft Office
OpenOffice
RealPlayer
Opera
Seamonkey
iCab
Camino for Mac
aMSN
Yahoo Messenger
ICQ Messenger
iChat/AIM


i have i site i can look all this up but for example can firefox 8 (as i know the LAST PPC version) install and work on Panther? i know Firefox 8 worked fine on Windows 2000 Firefox really never had OS requirements just platform requirements is Firefox 8 the last PPC version?

[DeltaMac]

The last Firefox version that is a PPC version is 3.6.26 That's a 3, not an 8, so I suppose you misread that somewhere.
Anything newer (starting with FireFox 4) is Intel only - - HOWEVER - there is a separate development branch continuing to go on, which provides PPC versions up to the current FF10
That project is called Tenfourfox
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
You'll see that's available in the current 10.0.1, and is even available with code optimized for G3 processor, running OS X 10.4.11
And, tenfourfox is for OS X 10.4 only
There's links for older Mac OS versions, to use their other project, Classilla.
http://www.floodgap.com/software/classilla/

You won't get assistance here with P2P or torrent apps, such as Frostwire or bitorrent - that violates the forum rules, eh?
Information about the other apps is all available elsewhere. Newest version for MS Office for you would be 2004, although you can use 2008 Office with 10.4.9 and higher.

The Apple apps - Safari, iTunes or iChat would be self-controlled, depending on the OS X version. Just run Software Update, and latest will be available. Panther, for example, highest is 1.3, I think. Tiger bumps that to 4.1.3, then Leopard goes to Safari 5.0.6
You cannot run a version of Safari that's newer than the one provided in Software Update, even though you can download it from the Apple support site.

[LeoTheLion89]

heres what olld apps says:

Old Version of Firefox for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (PowerPC):
Version Name Released Date Size
Firefox 8.0 09 November, 2011 (3 months ago) 29.47 MB
Firefox 7.0.1 29 September, 2011 (4 months ago) 28.19 MB
Firefox 3.6.23 27 September, 2011 (5 months ago) 18.79 MB

Internet Explorer for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (PowerPC):
Version Name Released Date Size
Internet Explorer 5.2.3 16 June, 2003 (9 years ago) 6.74 MB
Internet Explorer 5.2.2 25 September, 2002 (9 years ago) 9.86 MB

Old Version of Camino for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (PowerPC):
Version Name Released Date Size
Camino 2.1 29 November, 2011 (2 months ago) 18.51 MB
Camino 2.0.7 22 March, 2011 (11 months ago) 21.58 MB

Old Version of Opera for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (PowerPC):
Version Name Released Date Size
Opera 10.63 12 October, 2010 (1 year ago) 22.73 MB
Opera 10.62 09 September, 2010 (1 year ago) 22.7 MB

this all correct?

[DeltaMac]

No, the Firefox information is not correct.
Didn't I show you a link for tenfourfox? That will give you current FireFox 10 (most features, anyway)

Internet Explorer is terrible on OS X, never happen again.

Camino is great...

Opera, probably OK

Some of this old stuff - you would just have to try. That's a good way to discover what works (for you), in spite of what you read.