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Thanks All. Looks as though I will try Virex on .Mac account. I appreciate all your inputs. I have always gotten good info from these forums.

Just got my 1.8 dual G5 and wondered what others have for virus utilities. I understand that .Mac has Virex, what are the opinions of that program? I do have an old bondi imac but have never used virus protection for it. Is there a real threat to Macs or have I just been real fortunate? Thanks.

Looks as though we will be getting an iMac. Keeping a little money in the pocket for a laptop for the son going to college in a couple years. Thanks to all for all the input. It helped alot!! Brian (soon to be upgraded mac user)

I have finally got enough saved up to buy a new mac. I currently have an old bondi blue iMac running 8.6. My question(s) : does anyone have any tips or suggestions for getting up to speed on OSX? My cuurent mac has been running pretty solidly now all these years and the thought of a new OS...

My employer is switching to "wIntegrate" emulation software. It is an emmulation program that IBM uses for PC's. Does anyone have any experience in the MAC world with this product and can OSX use it. I would like to use my mac at work and show off it's capabilities to all the brainless pc...

I have an original bondi blue iMac. Running 8.6, 96mg, external cd drive(tray load broken). I have been contemplating a new sys ... maybe a tower and flat panel monitor? My ? is should I wait a little longer? Are there some new "faster, better, stronger" from Apple in the next 3 months? We have...

I have a orig iMac running 8.6 w/96mg. My ? is how much longer should I wait until getting a new machine? Do I get Jaguar now? Does it work well on a G3 system? This machine is working fine except for freezing 2-3 times a day. Could it be IE/OE that is causing the problems? My son likes to...

I decided to go with the external cd drive. It seems to be working fine, my son is playing a via the internet and seems to be reading the cd without to much delay. I guess I have just gotten used to my old slow mac. Thanks to everyone who responded. Brian

I have a ver b iMac running 8.6. My tray loading cd drive has died and I am saving up to get a new Mac. The family has many programs and games on cd that now can't be played. My ? is without putting more than $300 into this machine will games still run on an external usb 1.1 drive? Will the mac...

:) Thanks, That did the trick. Still a newcomer to computers. I'm glad that I don't have a windoze machine. Those things are so difficult to use. Brian

I am trying to look up my childs homework file from her school but my old iMac wont open the file...filename.rtf Does anyone know what this is and how can I open it. Brian AKBLUE 233iMac os8.6 96mg, icword, icexcel

Does anyone know of a way to bootup from a usb drive? brianh imac v.b, 96mb,OS 8.6, 30gb external usb

Thanks, for the replies. It sounds as though I might just wait until X is released in a few months. OS 8.6 has been working just fine for the last couple years. My only complaint with it is that I do have crashes but that will happens with IE (type 2 error). Thanks again, Brian

I have a version b iMac w/96mb of ram. I am going to get a usb 30gig hd. How do I partition the new drive and can I start-up using the usb hd w/OSX installed on it? Also, will I have to upgrade to OS 9 before using OS X? I am not all that impressed w/9 but do like what I have seen in X...