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Personally, i have an iMac revision a as well as a later edition snow iMac both running OS X and purring along fine. Actually, the fact that the OS wont crash puts it at an advantage over OS 9 in the first place. The install and restore CDs wouldnt work, i dont think, but the diagnostic disc will.
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- February 7th, 2004, 04:15 PM #1
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OS X on an iMac I have a G3 iMac DV/SE 400Mhz running OS 9.2.2, with 640 megabyte of RAM. I was wondering if I could install Jaguar on it using the software Install and Restore CD that came with my G4 that I bought last year? Is it even possible to do this? Can my iMac handle OS X? Or do I have to buy an upgrade version and use that separate CD?
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- February 7th, 2004, 04:25 PM #2
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- February 7th, 2004, 04:31 PM #3
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I want to install OS X on my iMac straight from the PowerMac G4 CD that I have. So if I follow what you are saying, it will eventually end up with me having to buy Jaguar or Panther separately and upgrading the operating system in that way, rather than using the software install cd that came with my G4.
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- February 7th, 2004, 04:38 PM #4
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Now i see exactly what you're saying. I wouldn't think the discs would work, but i see no harm in trying. Other than that, the upgrade will make your iMac system faster, esp with 10.3, but unless the OS 9 is causing you any freezes or consistent problems, the $129 upgrade might not be worth it to you. Just do what seems right for your budget.
- February 7th, 2004, 04:43 PM #5
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It all depends. With the G4 CD that has OS X, I think the CD will only install on that model Mac. But it doesn't hurt to try.
Mac OS X will install on at least a G3 processor. If you are installing Panther, the lowest G3 machine it will install on are the B&W Power Macs and the G3 iMacs and iBooks, since they are NewWorld Macs (use OpenFirmware). OldWorld Macs (those that had an actual ROM chip), which include up to the beige G3, will not run Panther according to Apple.
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- February 7th, 2004, 04:45 PM #6
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Would there be a better chance of getting OS X to run on the iMac, if I totally erase the hardrive and then just do a clean install with the G4 software install cd? But how would I go about doing that and still have the computer recognize that there is a CD in the drive?
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- February 7th, 2004, 05:04 PM #7
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your mac will start on the CD is you hold the C key during boot.
is your HD big enough ?My current machine is an iMac Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 24" and a MacBook Pro 13" with MacOS X 10.6. My oldest Apple was born in 1977.
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- February 7th, 2004, 06:04 PM #8
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The drive on the iMac is between 12 and 14 GB's. So if I totally erase the hardrive and restart the iMac with the "C" key pressed down using the Software Install and Restore CD, I might be able to get OS X installed?
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