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I am going to receive an iBook G3/300 rev B (6 GB HD) soon. It has 320 MB RAM on it and I don't want to add any more.
What I need to know is which version of OSX (10.2 through 10.4) will run best on this machine? I own legal copies of OS 9, 10.2 and 10.3 which I am currently not using and am licensed for up to three 10.4 installs. It currently has OS 9 only on it. I am not concerned about the additional programs which come with each version of OSX, I just need to know from a purely speed point of view, which would be best to run.
Before I install OSX, I also need to know if there is a way to back up the iBook as is, since I don't have any of the original CD's and want to retain the apps that come installed on the iBook which are not part of Mac OSX.
I have a PowerMac G5 Dual 2GHz and an external 120 GB USB 2.0 HD, but it isn't partitioned and I have my G5's HD backed up on the external drive. I'd prefer a way to make an image of the iBook's drive and save it as a file on my external HD, but if I cannot, I guess I could wipe my external HD, partition it and then use Carbon Copy Cloner to backup my G5 to one partition and my iBook to the other partition (though I'm not sure if this will work using CCC).
My iBook has an airport card so it can access my network and I could share the external USB drive attached to my G5 (I hope) so that the iBook can copy files to it.
If anyone has a better solution, let me know. I really wish I could somehow remake the iBook G3/300 install CD's. I really only need to retain the apps installed at the factory which are not a part of the OS install.
What I need to know is which version of OSX (10.2 through 10.4) will run best on this machine? I own legal copies of OS 9, 10.2 and 10.3 which I am currently not using and am licensed for up to three 10.4 installs. It currently has OS 9 only on it. I am not concerned about the additional programs which come with each version of OSX, I just need to know from a purely speed point of view, which would be best to run.
Before I install OSX, I also need to know if there is a way to back up the iBook as is, since I don't have any of the original CD's and want to retain the apps that come installed on the iBook which are not part of Mac OSX.
I have a PowerMac G5 Dual 2GHz and an external 120 GB USB 2.0 HD, but it isn't partitioned and I have my G5's HD backed up on the external drive. I'd prefer a way to make an image of the iBook's drive and save it as a file on my external HD, but if I cannot, I guess I could wipe my external HD, partition it and then use Carbon Copy Cloner to backup my G5 to one partition and my iBook to the other partition (though I'm not sure if this will work using CCC).
My iBook has an airport card so it can access my network and I could share the external USB drive attached to my G5 (I hope) so that the iBook can copy files to it.
If anyone has a better solution, let me know. I really wish I could somehow remake the iBook G3/300 install CD's. I really only need to retain the apps installed at the factory which are not a part of the OS install.
