I want something... I think I could live with os 7.1 if I needed to, but os 8.1 is better.... Click to expand... Quadra 605/LC 475 is smaller than a Quadra 700 and runs 8.1

depends on what you're going to want to do with it. If you want one with relatively current-day functionality, you gotta find something that does at least 8.1. Honestly, 9.1 is r…

What is the cheapest/smallest mac? The contenders I can think of are; Quadra 700 Powerbook duo 280c MacMini I want something... I think I could live with os 7.1 if I needed to…

The G5's time has definitely come. Apple and Adobe are both dropping support for it and all other PowerPC systems in their next major software release. What I'm waiting for is the…

I personally second what Bunsen said - the first generation Power Mac G5s are actually now Vintage...which basically is Obsolete unless you live in California, not to mention that …

Awesomesauce Just MHO, and I am no mod here, but I reckon if Apple's abandoned support for it and shunted it off to the "Older machines" page, then it belongs here. ISTR PPC w…

Opera runs on Jaguar. Version 9 (the current version) runs, but it unsupported; so may be buggy. Opera 8 (download link) runs perfectly on Jaguar.

Congrats on the PowerMac G5 dually. Definitely a nice score.

Panther is faster than Jaguar. On an iMac G3 700 MHz, I would recommend upgrading. This upgrade would unlock the ability to use more recent browsers, such as the latest Camino. …

Panther is faster than Jaguar. On an iMac G3 700 MHz, I would recommend upgrading. This upgrade would unlock the ability to use more recent browsers, such as the latest Camino.

Macgeek417, Try updating the drivers for the hard disk drive. See if OS 9.x will install from there. If it installs, then download Firmware Update version 4.1.9f4 (under OS 9.x'…

If you're using photoshop make sure to get the G5 plugin from adobe.

Just out of curiosity, what are you mainly using it for? I've just won a 2.0 GHz dual G5 on eBay that will replace my 700MHz eMac for graphics (and a bit of audio/video)... I'm ant…

Very cool. We are still using our dual 1.8 as our main desktop. Birth of our first child (and desire to use iPhoto) prompted the purchase. Still does pretty much everything …

Just out of curiosity, what are you mainly using it for? I've just won a 2.0 GHz dual G5 on eBay that will replace my 700MHz eMac for graphics (and a bit of audio/video)... I'm ant…

Aaaannndd.. It's up to 4.5GB

not the CD, but the harddrive.

Holding Option down, does it show the disc?

Oops... OS9 drivers...

I can only assume that the drive doesn't have the Mac OS 9 drivers installed (usually an option when installing OS X on a drive or preparing it through DU). Have you tried zapping…

the cd/dvd drive works fine. when i boot from 9.0.4, it doesn't boot and just starts X

Does your DVD/CD Drive work in OS X? That may have bit the bucket, or your install media.

What is that supposed to mean? Are there others making a 10.2.8 compatible browser with up to date features? (Oh Mr. Porter is the best Will Hay film EVAH!)

When you try to boot from the 9.0.4 CD, do you get the blinky, or an error message saying the disk is not compatible? I suspect that series needs a slightly higher version.

OK, my iMac had been running OS X for quite a while, but when I went to start up in OS 9 i just get a blinky ? floppy disk and a cursur. it used to like OS 9 but now it won't even …