Re: FN-FORUM: Mac Question

date posted 3rd January 2005 03:05

On 2 Jan 2005 23:34:11 -0000, Dai Williams [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I have acquired a Power Mac G4 with System 9. If I buy latest OS X
> discs will I be able to
>
> A) Install OS X dual boot with existing OS (resizing partition in the
> process I assume?) without losing data

Correct. No need to mess with partitions - unless you want to.

> B) Install OS X but only after deleting existing OS

Scrub a 'preowned' machine and re-install is best practice but there's
no 'must' about it.

> C) May not be able to install OS X at all, it depends on the spec?

It's a G4 so OSX Panther is fine. Make sure it's got at least 128Mb
RAM (min spec) but bump up to whatever you can afford - 512Mb would be
a good number. Also 3Gb of disk space for the 'easy install' of OSX
though you can customise the install and cut back to as little as half
that amount.
>
> Any answers or directions to useful mac sites to find my own answers
> gratefully received, I am a Mac virgin...

http://wiki.workalone.co.uk/index.php?page=Mac

There's a list of useful links on that page.

HTH, Dave
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