andychrist
join:2005-02-12
New York, NY
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Re: [OS X] Best browser for old blueberry tray-loading iMac?
If that model is slot loading, as you state in the body of your post, you can actually run Tiger on that iMac with the latest Safari browser, and it can accept a gig of RAM (in two sticks of 512MB).
If the title of your post is correct, and it is a tray-loading iMac, Panther is as high as it will go and it can accept two 256MB sticks, and support Safari 2, which still works fine for me.
In either case, it is worth upgrading the RAM for your very own mother, ahem. |
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X Man
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USA | Yeah, but OS X is going to be brutally slow regardless of how much RAM he can stuff into that thing. OS 9 will scream on it and run great with 128 MB of RAM.
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geodon005
join:2005-02-20
Mount Prospect, IL | reply to andychrist
I agree; my mother is indeed worth the extra RAM 
It is a tray-loading iMac. Is the memory the "low profile" stick or the full-sized? |
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andychrist
join:2005-02-12
New York, NY
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May 12th, @02:40PM
| The tray-loading iMac takes low-profile RAM in the lower slot, and either profile in the upper, though I believe only the low-profile chips are available now, through OWC.
But I do agree that OS X will be dog slow on the tray-loader no matter how much RAM. So it might well be worth installing 9.2 and checking out iCab, just to see if it is recognized by her bank, say, should she wish to to handle her finances online. |
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HiVolt
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join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
clubs: | Yikes, tray loaders were only 233 or 266mhz, right?
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andychrist
join:2005-02-12
New York, NY
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May 12th, @03:19PM
| The Revision D was 333MHz.
I'm still using the first, 233 Bondi iMac, but it's been upgraded with a PL 500MHz G4.
Another great limitation of those old machines, they only hold 6MB VRAM. |
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HiVolt
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| said by andychrist  :I'm still using the first, 233 Bondi iMac, but it's been upgraded with a PL 500MHz G4. Really? I've seen so many of those originals with dead/dying CRT's its amazing yours lasted almost 10 years.
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andychrist
join:2005-02-12
New York, NY
| Well most of the time I used it only at night, with all the lights off in the room and the brightness and contrast all the way down, plus I calibrated the display profile pretty dull. Figured it would last longer that way.
Now that it is nearly ten years old I really don't care how much longer the monitor holds up so I run it during the day at full contrast. But only rarely do I need to turn up the brightness from the lowest setting.
Thinking the matter over, I'd really recommend to the OP, if you are serious about setting up your mom with a computer, get her at least an eMac. The screen is a good size larger for legibility's sake, and they can run Tiger with ease; the later models can even handle Leopard. Better bang for the buck then then trying to upgrade an old G3. |
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