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Old 20-01-2006, 09:11 AM
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G'day,

I have a recently purchased a G3 B/W as a second machine. I was wondering what is the best version of OSX for this machine?

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Machine Name: PowerMacG3series
Machine Model: PowerMac1,1
CPU Type: PowerPC 750 (82.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 450 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 448 MB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz

Thanks for any advice.

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Old 20-01-2006, 09:15 AM
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Wrong forum - sorry.
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Old 20-01-2006, 09:20 AM
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I would be going OSX 10.3 - just seems to me a little faster on these older machines.

Should be able to pick it up off ebay or somewhere quite cheap

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Old 20-01-2006, 09:29 AM
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I'd say 10.3 also. It runs quite nicely on older G3's. It's also quite a bit cheaper now that Tiger has been out for a while.
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Old 20-01-2006, 09:33 AM
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Thanks - where could i try and obtain this?

I have tried ebay but they seem to want 80-100 or more (which is reasonable I suppose), however they're all auctions and I'm more of a buy it now guy.

Would retailers still have it?

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Old 20-01-2006, 09:40 AM
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Have a look thur this list, one of em is bound to have it;

http://forums.appletalk.com.au/index.php?s...&hl=second+hand

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Old 20-01-2006, 09:47 AM
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I have a 400MHz B/W with 320MB RAM and it runs Tiger flawlessly So I'm going to say Tiger since I find it a lot faster on this machine than I did Panther.
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Old 20-01-2006, 10:03 AM
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I have a 350MHz B/W with 320MB RAM and it runs both X.3 Panther and X.4 Tiger. But I find X.3 runs a bit faster for daily use.

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Old 20-01-2006, 10:21 AM
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I run 10.3.9 on an old BW G3 at 350. Runs like a gem.
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Old 20-01-2006, 10:29 AM
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Found it!

Thanks,
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Old 20-01-2006, 03:52 PM
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I went to Frequency here in Sydney.

I spoke to a guy called Jeremy who was super helpful and able to give me the 10.1 and an upgrade to 10.3 (hopefully this works!)


Thanks for all your help guys!

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Old 20-01-2006, 07:05 PM
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I have installed 10.3.9 now and it has finished patching.

It feels a fair bit snapper than 10.4.4 - thanks so much everyone!

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