Have no clue what to do with this old thing
i received a green and white mac as a housewarming gift. yoohoo to me and i have no clue what to do with it. i can't get it connected to the internet via my cable co so i basically have no use for it because i'm a windows user. any suggestions?
Hi dreamsareweird,
It's generally not a good idea to tag onto an exisiting topic but rather better to start a new topic of your own so users will find it easier.
That said, you can not install OS X on the machine using the machine specific disks from the MacBook Pro. Won't work and is illegal to install on another machine anyways due to the license that you agree to when it is installed on the MBP!
You will need to purchase (now used) retail copy of Mac OS X Jaguar or Panther from a reseller such as ebay etc. Make sure it is a "Retail" copy and not upgrade disks or machine specific disks.
A 333 Mhz imac will additionally need an upgrade of the firmware first and the OS9 will have to be updated to at least 9.1 or 9.2 first before installing OSX. Tiger will not run very well I suspect on an older 333 if memory serves well if at all. It needs alot more free space on the HD to install than Jaguar or Panther. Leopard will definitely not work on the 333 iMac. Memory would have to be upgraded also to at least 256 MB to run Panther.
If you have further questions you would be better off to start a new topic in the forum and reiterate what you are trying to do.
good luck,
littleshoulders
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