[DuoList] OSX on 2400c

[kyleen]

I agree with Ivan. I did get 10.1 to run on a 2400 but it was a lot of work.
It was more of a ³I bet I can do this.²

Also, like Ivan I¹m using an 11¹ Air. A VERY nice machine.


On 3/22/13 6:56 PM, "Ivan Drucker" <ivanxqz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I wrote a guide for installing 10.1 on a 2400c/603 that I dug up here:
> 
> http://web.archive.org/web/20081120183802/http://sarofax.com/mac2400/os_x_on_p
> b_2400c_by_ivan_d.htm
> 
> And I found a report on getting a G3-upgraded 2400c to run 10.2.8 (I don't
> think it's possible with a 603):
> 
> http://web.archive.org/web/20061105093939/http://forum.macsales.com/viewtopic.
> php?t=2831
> 
> It's a lot of effort to get there, and it's not even close to anything you'd
> want to use beyond "whoa cool" (it can't sleep, it can't dim, it can't start
> up with both card slots loaded, it's slow, you really need 1024x768, etc). But
> if neato is the reason that you want to do it, sure, go for it.
> 
> If you actually want an OS X machine, the suggestion of a PB G4 12" is a good
> one, though I'd recommend at least the 1 GHz model if possible because it has
> USB 2.0 and DVI video out. Even so, Mac OS X 10.5 is already being abandoned
> (e.g. it can't run recent versions of Firefox required by some sites), and
> even more so for PowerPC machines.
> 
> I now use a MacBook Air 11", which is the true heir to the 2400c, IMO. It's
> really a beautiful machine.
> 
> Ivan.
> 
> 
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