help with mac os 8.1

[RacerX]

Honestly, anyone suggesting moving that system to Mac OS X is kidding themselves.

Not only do you need more memory, you need a larger hard drive. 4 GB hasn't been enough for Mac OS X since 10.1.

Also, before doing any firmware updates... make sure that they work with the RAM you have. It can turn off some of the your RAM (your system came with 32 MB originally, so the update might kill the additional 64 MB)... this was a major issue with the 1.2 update (along with killing the Mezzanine slot on those iMacs) that you would most likely want to consider before installing.

Be careful about what advice you follow... and double check the dependancies before installing anything that is hard to undo (and there are few things harder than firmware to undo... because you can't undo a firmware update). And this RAM issue is not considered a problem by Apple, it is a fix... so it is not documented on their site as I recall.

For an iMac 233 with 96 MB of RAM and a 4 GB hard drive, Mac OS 8.6 would be the best operating system to balance functionality and resources. But actually, 8.1 should be fine for now.

[pabloruiz]

i already did the firmware...anyways where can i get the 8.6 online..and is it better than 8.1?

[Cheryl]

You need to purchase the 8.5 CD. I found a place that has the 8.5 CD with the 8.6 update.

http://store.yahoo.com/hardcoremac/index.html