Vague question: Buying a used iMac
Hi Folks,
On Thursday I'm going to buy another (the 3rd) older iMac. It will have a 500 MHz processor and 512 MB of RAM, and about 50 GB of space. It's sorta a royal blue/purple semi-translucent casing, and it has Firewire. I'm also going to upgrade to Tiger, if that's a good idea (is it???).
Okay, does anyone know which iMac it is? I get really confused with the ones around the "turn of the century". I'm wondering, among other things, if it's a G4. The store's closed until Thursday and I'm just biding my time. I'd like to do some investigating, though.
Any help would be much appreciated; say a link to the iMacs somewhere on the Apple site and elsewhere.
Thank you,
Allan (the questioner, not the answerer)
PS By the way, the place I mentioned is where I volunteer. They recycle old computers and dispose of the monitors in a enviro-friendly way. I get half-off, so I'll be paying $50 for the unit (and I'm probably going to splurge for a $10 CD-RW drive). Sorry to turn this into a blog! Happy 4th. I'm celebrating by looking at the special patriotic icon on the Google site. Wooo!
On Thursday I'm going to buy another (the 3rd) older iMac. It will have a 500 MHz processor and 512 MB of RAM, and about 50 GB of space. It's sorta a royal blue/purple semi-translucent casing, and it has Firewire. I'm also going to upgrade to Tiger, if that's a good idea (is it???).
Okay, does anyone know which iMac it is? I get really confused with the ones around the "turn of the century". I'm wondering, among other things, if it's a G4. The store's closed until Thursday and I'm just biding my time. I'd like to do some investigating, though.
Any help would be much appreciated; say a link to the iMacs somewhere on the Apple site and elsewhere.
Thank you,
Allan (the questioner, not the answerer)
PS By the way, the place I mentioned is where I volunteer. They recycle old computers and dispose of the monitors in a enviro-friendly way. I get half-off, so I'll be paying $50 for the unit (and I'm probably going to splurge for a $10 CD-RW drive). Sorry to turn this into a blog! Happy 4th. I'm celebrating by looking at the special patriotic icon on the Google site. Wooo!
iMac G3 350 MHz 256 MB 20 GB Hard Drive, Mac OS X (10.3.9), Using Safari 1.3 (v.312) Oh, and I always try to mark "solved" & '"helpful"
