Updating eMac w/ 10.1.4

[bojette]

My mother has an eMac. She got it in 2002 (i think). Anyway it has 10.1.4 (I believe). I'd like to upgrade it for her. But she has dialup, so I can't download any updates. How can I go about updating her OS, or should I just buy her an upgrade? If so, which one?

 

[Satcomer]

Well 10.1.x is considered old (in OS X terms) and can not run most newer applications. Well it sounds as if that eMac could run up to Panther with no problem. As the dial-up, you could help her with that (if you have high speed). So first you should go and buy Panther (10.3.x) like the legal one from OWC. Then download the latest Apple system download updates and burn them onto a CD for her.

 

[MisterMe]

An eMac runs MacOS X 10.4 without problems.

 

[bojette]

Yes, but 10.4 comes on DVD at the Apple Store, and her computer only has CD R/W. Can you get 10.4 on CD?

 

[bobw]

Yes you can;

http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/

Look at Media Exchange Program

 

[bojette]

Has anyone out there done the Media Exchange to get Tiger on CD's.

 

[eric2006]

10.3 is still pretty modern, and it comes on a CD. You could do media exchange, but resellers will also sell you CDs instead of the DVD, which costs less.