Best OS for iMac G3 — #5

Post #5 by AtomicDoug

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	OS 9
Post Date	Sat, 4 Oct 2008 - 04:40
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/best-os-for-imac-g3.14723/

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Hi everyone, I'm posting from my iMac G3!
I'm currently running Mac OS 9.2 on it, but since I'm running it, I can only download software compatible for it. I want to be able to play the videos from a camcorder, but the only software that can play it is for Mac OS 10! I tried installing Real Player 8 on this iMac (which is the highest version of the software that 9.2 can run) and it's not up to date enough to run my video!

So I might consider putting OSX on this iMac, but as always, I'm considering the computer's overall function as well.

So what version of Mac OS will run the BEST on this iMac?

-Apostrophe

I have a G3 B&W sitting in the basement (don't we all) and it was running fine on Panther. I think that machine had like a 350 mhz CPU and 512k RAM or so. One thing you can do is get a 2nd hard disk and have 9.2.2 on one disk so you can run in classic mode and then OS X on the other disk. That is how my G4 is set up.