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My parents have an iMac with a 333 Ghz G3 Power PC proc, 96 Meg of memory, running OS 8.5.1. All they use it for is email and web browsing, use AOL Version 5 through a dial-up link. They can't upgrade to the newer AOL Release 9 without upgrading the OS to OS-X.
Is it worth spending the money for more memory and the new OS into this machine, or just buy a newer model? Is there a new version of OS-X coming out imminently, and is it worth waiting for?
One local computer store told them they could do the upgrade, but it would be "the slowest computer on earth" - wanted to sell them a new machine??? I'm not up on Macs, so seeking some advice here. Also, I'm happy to keep them on a Mac so I don't have to do emergency virus repair at their house!!!!!
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Posts in this Thread:
- iMac Upgrade Question, Bill Homer , Tue, 5 Apr 2005 18:19:32 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: iMac Upgrade Question, Rod , Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:01:42
- Why upgrade at all?, LesH, Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:18:55
- I upgraded a 400Mhz G3 iMac, Rob in Atlanta, Wed, 6 Apr 2005 12:42:43
- Re: iMac Upgrade Question, burlyb, Wed, 6 Apr 2005 06:50:46
- Re: iMac Upgrade Question, Ari , Wed, 6 Apr 2005 06:08:03
- for cost of an upgrade, get a Mac Mini, Trev, Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:49:56
- Re: iMac Upgrade Question, Rafe, Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:31:03
- Re: iMac Upgrade Question, Dan , Tue, 5 Apr 2005 18:59:32
- Re: iMac Upgrade Question, dboone, Tue, 5 Apr 2005 18:30:14
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