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Does it have over 4 GB of disk space ?    What about RAM ?

Right now it has a 4 GB drive and 32 MB RAM. But I have 2 spare 64 MB SO-DIMMs — so 128 MB total.

I could also put in a larger HD maybe a 10 — 40 GB HD. But even if I do those things it's still gonna crawl with a1998 graphics chip and at 233 MHZ, right? Is there any point?

BTW, I run 10.3.9 OK on a 2000 PB G3, but it's @ 400 MHZ with better internal system specs overall.

Speed is relative to what you are used to.

You can get by  OS 10.2 or 10.3 with 128MB of RAM and a 4 GB hard drive in an iMac 233. It will be slow but usable. Barely.....

But you should really use 256MB or more RAM. You can also swap the CPU with a 266MHz or 33MHz iMac CPU and that will help.

You don't need to spend much for a CPU. The original iMac CPUs will pop right in yours and you can find a 333MHz from another iMac for less than $20 pretty easy anymore. I think I paid $10 for the last one 333MHz iMac CPU I bought. Luckily there are lots of dead analog boards in iMacs and the CPU's are fairly common.

I ran OS X 10.2 on a BondiBlue iMac 233.

It was SLOW, And I had 160 MB RAM (at the time, most I could max it out as.)

It's a collector's piece. Put in your shelf, and have your computer savvy friends say "ooohhhh" when they see it.

I wish I had mine back.

I have a 233Mhz iMac Rev. A. I put in a G4/400Mhz card, 512Mb of RAM and an 80Gb 7200 Rpm HD, as well boosted the VRAM to a whopping 6Mb with a 4Mb chip and a ASUS wireless ethernet adapter...Running OS 10.4.10 and OS9.2.2...Runs O.k. not setting the world on fire but it's great for friends when they come over or my 9yr old son to surf the web, listen to music etc.....

My 2 cents...

Last edited by hackersmovie (2007-11-12 4:01 pm)

adamjg wrote:

hackersmovie wrote:

I have a 233Mhz iMac Rev. A. I put in a G4/400Mhz card, 512Mb of RAM and an 80Gb 7200 Rpm HD, as well boosted the VRAM to a whopping 6Mb with a 4Mb chip and a ASUS wireless ethernet adapter...Running OS 10.4.10 and OS9.2.2...Runs O.k. not setting the world on fire but it's great for friends when they come over or my 9yr old son to surf the web, listen to music etc.....

My 2 cents...

WOW, that's really exceeding the value of what it's worth with upgrades by a factor of what, 10-1? (I see first generation iMacs at thrift store for $25 - $50 all the time). Of course it's the enjoyment of the challenge of making it road worthy again, too.

Yeah, to each his or her own. I got the machine for free for doing some upgrades to a friends G4 iMac. When I got it the HD was corrupt and wouldn't boot. I just started fiddlin' with it and ended up with what I got now. I guess I have about $300 bucks in it now. I use it to loan out to friends and family so it does get used and abused quite a bit. When it's not on loan, I use it in my living room (along with a "Paris" ibook G3) for surfing the web while watching TV. You know see that uber cool commercial and gotta check out the website before I forget....

What PC can do that? It's almost 10yrs old and is..er..was running the most up to date OS...Try running Vista on a PC built 10yrs ago

Last edited by hackersmovie (2007-11-12 9:38 pm)