I will have a further look around ebay, although buying in the UK would be preferred. I do have a dvd drive will be looking for the dvd version. Thanks for all your help. Si. -----Original Message----- From: "Harry Freeman" <harry at gifutiger.com> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers." <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Sent: 27/09/07 17:40 Subject: Re: [G4] G4 Tigers Greetings ( + )!( + ) You will find Tiger 10.4.x on eBay by searching for Apple Mac OS X 10.4 or just Mac OS X 10.4 there will be lots of hits. Or look at eBay Item number: 190156390161 which is a CD version of Tiger. O better yet just go to: http://stores.ebay.com/AllMac-1-800-We-Fix-Macs-Apple-Part as they deal in Mac items. Just be sure that you get the full retail version. ---------------------------------------------------- On Sep 27, 2007, at 7:49 AM, scifi wrote: > Thanks for the info guys. > > I have 512mb ram in the box, so this should get me started. I hope so > because if I can't find the os on ebay, I checked ebay in uk and found > nothing so will have to shell out for that. > > I am not sure how much I want to invest in what some may call an > 'aging' machine. > > Once again thanks for the comments, i'll no doubt be back when I have > a working system. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "O'Brien" <obgraph at hiwaay.net> > To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers." > <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> > Sent: 27/09/07 15:38 > Subject: Re: [G4] G4 Tigers > > On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:18:59 -0500, O'Brien wrote: >> Just get a standard release of Mac OSX 10.x.x. The latest version >> is 10.4.10, I think, but you could use version of OSX 10...... > > That should have read "you could use ANY version of OSX. I wouldn't > install anything older than 10.3. > > Just to clarify: There are OSX versions for the iMac, eMac, etc. that > are meant to be used with specific models. The standard OSX, though, > works with *all* models as long as they have enough speed and RAM to > handle it. I think any G4 Mac (some G3 Macs) will run all version > (cats) of 10 if they have enough RAM. One of my Macs might be the same > model as yours and it's running 10.4.8. > > You should have at least 512Megs of RAM. It would probably run with > less -- just not as well. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > O'Brien > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > _______________________________________________ G4 mailing list G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4