Where to ask about an OLDER iMac?

Hi guys, looks like this board is largely about the newer iMacs; where on here could I ask about the capabilities/potential of an older iMac??
I just had to ask because my parents have one of the older 1999 or so era blue iMacs, format Mac OS Ext., 320 MB RAM built in memory, OS 9.2.2, w/ a 6.29 GB drive that has 3.29 GB. I want to try to upgrade the OS for them over the holiday to make it just a LITTLE more internet-compatible (since whenever I come home it's practically impossible to check out a lot of sites; I don't even think they've been able to get onto their Netflix account lately that I gave them). Obviously I can understand why anyone would question why you'd bother upgrading such an older model; I'm hoping to give them my newer model G4 as soon as I myself upgrade to a newer computer in a few months, but I just was hoping to give them a temporary upgrade for the time being.
(As a side note, I have an External drive that's formatted to my G4--still running Tiger--that I was hoping to use to backup any important files from their boot drive prior to the installation--and in turn copy any upgrades they may need from--and wanted to know if you'd think the iMac could read it).
Anyone know??? Thanks so much.

Just look a little further down and you will see the iMac CRT discussion area. That is where your parent's iMac would be discussed.
For iMac G4 questions go to the "iMac (Flat Panel)" discussion area.
For iMac G3 questions go to the "iMac (CRT)" discussion area.

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