Agree, OS 9 will work okay with Classilla OS 9 browser and Orinoco Gold cardbus for wifi Or you can go XPOSTFACTO OS X Panther and Tiger work fine, I like Panther best I think difference is browser and some program compatibility but minor issue TL --- On Sat, 1/2/10, H F <pantry at hotmail.com> wrote: > From: H F <pantry at hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [PB] OSX for Wallstreet > To: powerbook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 11:49 AM > > > > If it's for homework and light browsing, etc, just how much > OS does she need. If you can find old browsers to install, > the other software shouldn't take much OS to work. Unless of > course she wants as many bells and whistles as she can > get...and it sounds that way > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have a friend who runs a non-profit organization for > kiddies who wants a bunch of machines for her charges to use > for help with homework, some light webbing, etc. Trouble is, > she wants LAPTOPS (I have about 3000 iMac G3 -- but Nooooo!) > and she wants them, gulp, for FREE! > > > > > > > > Between my dayjob at Daystar Tech and my hobbying, I > have several good-condition, working Wallstreets, and I am > trying to workout something where I can give about 20 of > them to my friend for use in her organization. I figg'r I > can do them all with small (10-20gb) HDDs, cd-roms, wifi B > cards and maybe even a usb pc card. > > > > > > > > The question I have is: what OSX works best on this > machine?? I know up to Tiger can be installed using > xpostfacto, but how does it operate in real life? > > > > > > > > My Wallstreet uses 10.2, which is officially > supported, but I *also* have to press the screen bright/dim > buttons at startup or else I will have a dark LCD. That is > something I would like to avoid having the lil' cherubs to > do .... > > > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > > > Craig W. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PowerBook mailing list > PowerBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/powerbook >