Swad Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Surplus Computers has an Apple iMac G3 (350MHz 64MB 6GB) for $49 plus shipping. I've heard these run Tiger pretty well - I'm thinking I might buy one for my grandma. Anyone know how well these babies run a modern OS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beldar Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I wouldnt know about tiger. I have a 500MHZ G3 iBook with 256MB RAM and it runs Panther OK. If I have iTunes, Mozilla, and Adium open at the same time it slows down. But if its just a couple things its fine. Just go with Panther, Tiger would probably be too slow on those specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 I've read, though, that on a lot of older Macs, Tiger actually runs faster than Panther. My grandma doesn't need much - just the occasional game of solitaire and mah jong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Wow. That's a great deal. I might just have to get one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Then there were none. Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I saw an imac g3 500mhz with 512mb ram 60gb hd for £120 shipped. So if any uk people want a good deal on reasonably fast machines that run tiger, its your best bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadsport Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Nice find, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Tiger will be ok given enough RAM. It really does require 1Gb or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 Yeah, I think you can only upgrade that model to 256. As you move up to more modern iMac models, you can upgrade to 1 gig, but those obviously cost more. I'd be scared to try Tiger or any OS on 64 MB of RAM. I'm gonna ask my grandma how much she'd be willing to spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shaun Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 I have a 350 MHz iMac that I overclocked to 400 (really easy, btw). It's still slower than {censored} in 10.3.9. Haven't tried Tiger yet, but seeing as how slow 10.3 is, I don't think it's worth my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somorastik Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Hey! Yep it will work in Tiger. My hand in fire for that, but... You need at LEAST 256MB Ram, the overclocking would be fine, and a way to get the Tiger into it, so you need a DVD Rom, and the MOST of ALL Xpostfacto application, freeware. Google it. Im runing 10.3.9 on a Beigie G3 /266, And Hell its great!!! Im running Strata 3D CX, quite quick renders very quick but in wire frame needs to readraw a lot with its 6MB of VRAM. If you can get the iMac, Get it!!! My advise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Tray Loading iMac... I personally would advise against this one. At least step up to the slot loading. The tray loaders use SODIMM's and upgrading the RAM is a lot more expensive. Slot Loading iMacs use the same old PC100 we used to put in our desktops (168 pin). Much cheaper. Plus they support more RAM. Tray Loading -> max 256. You can bump the Slot Loading to 512. You will HAVE to buy more RAM before putting Tiger on the Tray Loader unless you want to pull the hard drive and do the install in a different PPC machine. Tiger will not install with this little RAM. Heck I've seen a lot of PPC machines with ~128 RAM fail to install due to instability. The lack of DVD is a non issue as Tiger is available on a 4 CD set. That price is good however if you intend to gut it and turn it into a nice fish tank. Or if you wanna run Panther... *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share Posted August 17, 2006 Yeah, I ended up buying a slot loader for 89 bucks (shipped) on eBay. My grandma is really happy with it and it's quite fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Yeah, I ended up buying a slot loader for 89 bucks (shipped) on eBay. My grandma is really happy with it and it's quite fast. Good job. The girlfriend's second comp is a 600MHz slot loading iMac running 10.4.7 and she's happy with it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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