> > Maybe not. Not many non-apple resellers out there, she could just > > have been getting honest advice. I'd look at it this way - if it's > > a G4 iMac, it's perfectly fine for OSX (I'm sitting at one right now > > and it meets my needs just fine). If it's a G3 iMac (the kind with > > the CRT built in), then yes, OSX would be straining the system's > > abilities, and unfair to the user. > > > > > > > My main computer for Genealogy use is a Pismo which is a G3 > > > from 2000 and it has over 90,000 people on in and is quite > > > satisfactory. > > > > Sure, but are you running OSX on it? If so, you'd be stunned by how > > much difference it makes on, say, a $600.00 Mac Mini that you could > > buy today. It comes down to how much slowness you can tolerate, or > > something will change or break or not work on the old one that you > > want to do, and _that_ is the time to upgrade. If OSX is the thing > > she wants to do, and it's a G3, this might be the time. > > > > Dave Hinz <[email protected]> > > It is a G3 iMac with DVD player that came out in 1999. If I didn't > have broadband I probably would have upgraded by now. I'm running > out of space on the hard drive too. Reunion 8 works fine on it but > I can't upgrade Internet Explorer until I go to OSX and some sites > don't work well with my version of IE. It is time to upgrade. > > The Mac salesman told me his mom had tried OSX on her iMac and it > didn't work well. I felt like he was being honest with me. > > Edith Fensom there used to be an apple page recommending which OS for which older mac an early iMac is best on 9.2 ish with all fixes Hugh W new computer = new blog http://mac-on-intel.blogspot.com/ daily blogs with new photos http://snaps2006.blogspot.com/ http://slim2005.blogspot.com/ family history http://hughw36.blogspot.com Hugh Watkins <[email protected]>