Question regarding old imacs and Tiger OS X

knoxy · 02-21-2008

Okay, so the other day i made the find of my life and found a mac. i turned it on, and put mac OS X jaguar on it, but i would much rather have tiger on it. so basically my question is, how would i get tiger on it? and would it be fast enough? its something like a 600mhz powerpc (apparently its a G3, but from my small research they weren't 600mhz) and has 256mb ram which i could upgrade if necessary (only the ram) and if its possible, anyone want to point me in the direction of a guide?

thanks in advance,
allex

iPodLoser · 02-21-2008

well from this page it looks like that it would be able to handle it, you have the minimum specs. I dont think you can upgrade RAM on a mac though. To install it either get a installation CD (buy it or get it from a friend) or download it and then burn it to CD or DVD im not sure which, and then follow the instructions on the CD or downloaded file

DarkWarrior · 02-21-2008

You can upgrade the ram, its still a computer. Its not hard wired in to the motherboard.

iPodLoser · 02-22-2008

yeah but its not as easy to open up the case, and i think it voids your warranty (which may or may not apply)

knoxy · 02-22-2008

Okay, thanks loads! one last problem... is there a version of tiger that is on a CD? because i only have the DVD version accessible, but my iMac only has a cd drive

DarkWarrior · 02-22-2008

You can add a DVD drive as well, should be plug and play.

Edit: Or get an external...

iPodLoser · 02-22-2008

yeah get a USB drive, or torrents. How big is the file on the DVD? they might not make a CD version, try loading the DVD to a flash drive and then running it off of that

DarkWarrior · 02-22-2008

A dvd is usually bigger than 4 gigs, which is the only reasonably priced flash drive...

iPodLoser · 02-22-2008

use your ipod

kRAzI · 02-22-2008

can't u just mount the image on a fake dvd drive like using daemon tools on a pc

02-21-2008	#1
knoxy lose the game.... Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 116	Question regarding old imacs and Tiger OS X Okay, so the other day i made the find of my life and found a mac. i turned it on, and put mac OS X jaguar on it, but i would much rather have tiger on it. so basically my question is, how would i get tiger on it? and would it be fast enough? its something like a 600mhz powerpc (apparently its a G3, but from my small research they weren't 600mhz) and has 256mb ram which i could upgrade if necessary (only the ram) and if its possible, anyone want to point me in the direction of a guide? thanks in advance, allex

02-21-2008	#3
DarkWarrior :ban: Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 993	You can upgrade the ram, its still a computer. Its not hard wired in to the motherboard. __________________ Whats up people who remember me? Wanna see where iv been?--> themodshop.net

02-22-2008	#5
knoxy lose the game.... Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 116	Okay, thanks loads! one last problem... is there a version of tiger that is on a CD? because i only have the DVD version accessible, but my iMac only has a cd drive Last edited by knoxy; 02-22-2008 at 05:13 AM.

02-22-2008	#6
DarkWarrior :ban: Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 993	You can add a DVD drive as well, should be plug and play. Edit: Or get an external... __________________ Whats up people who remember me? Wanna see where iv been?--> themodshop.net

02-22-2008	#8
DarkWarrior :ban: Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 993	A dvd is usually bigger than 4 gigs, which is the only reasonably priced flash drive... __________________ Whats up people who remember me? Wanna see where iv been?--> themodshop.net

02-22-2008	#10
kRAzI ketchup Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 492	can't u just mount the image on a fake dvd drive like using daemon tools on a pc __________________ if i help u out or u like my post plz +rep

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