[BNM] Quick Apple iMac question.

[Chris Billett]

I would avoid anything pre-Intel for Leopard, or you'll just end up  
throwing a cup of coffee at the spinning wheel. The speed jump is big.

CB

On 5 May 2009, at 12:38, "Michael Rose" <MRose at studygroup.com> wrote:

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> After falling in love with OS X in the last few months I've decided I
> need a cheapy desktop at home - for occasional working and as a
> media/backup server.
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> I've been offered an iMac Power PC G4 (2.1) 800 MHz/256 MB SDRAM.
> Running OS X 10.3.9 for under a tonne (the one with the monitor on a
> stalk).
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> My question is: if I stick some more RAM in there will it be happy
> running Leopard and serving media files to my Powerbook?
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> Any other gotchas? Should I save for a MacMini?
>
> M.
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