[X4U] Best System Version for Old iMac

[Richard Gilmore]

I'd stick with OS9 if you don't need X for any "good" reason. OSX runs
painfully slow for me anyway on our G3 iMacs. If ain't broke don't fix it. 9
ran good for when I used back in the day.


On 26/10/05 11:53 PM, "Rick Gordon" <rick at rickgordon.com> wrote:

> A friend with an old 400/128 G3 slot-loading iMac (Bondi, I think -- second-
> or third-generation) has been running OS 9.1. She is a light user, basically
> email, web, Word, and a bridge game she'd probably have to run in Classic if
> she upgraded. She just purchased a printer (HP 8500) that has no Classic
> driver, and is trying to decide whether to return the printer or update her
> system and software.
> 
> With a pretty basic OS X installation, what kind of performance might she
> expect on that computer (compared to running native in OS9), and which OS
> level would offer the best performance? I'm sure she'd do well to have a more
> modern browser to work with, but outside of that, she'd probably opt for not
> having to learn new tricks.