iMac PPC G3 233/512 help

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:19 pm

Hi,
Yesterday i received an old computer, because it user didn't want it:
iMac PPC G3 233/512, 32MB ram, 4GB HD, ATI RAGE Pro 6MB...

The problem is the Hard disk is empty. So are there some internet site where i can get an Mac OSX image?

Post by **Fred** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:28 pm

Wow, 32 Mb will be probably not enough to run OS X. If you can try to update to 128, 256 or better 512 Mb. Also OS X isn't free, it's should be shipped with your iMac, i don't think you will find it legally on the web.

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:30 pm

thank you!
Then i give it to anyone who wants it.

But i want to see it running before to give. Are there some linux for this machine?

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:35 pm

Is ubuntu the best one?

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:46 pm

There is no "best linux dist".

Ubuntu is a fine choise, and since it have an PowerPC dist, try that

About running osx on your mac, forget it. It uses a lot of resources for being pretty. Try running windows xp with 32 mbyte ram and 266 mhz and see what i mean. Also 4gb is too little. The ISO image for MacOSX tiger is about 2.95 gbytes. (wich i guess is compressed..)

Of course you can use older versions of the OS..