I used to have one of those iMacs way back in the day. I installed public beta on it but got rid of it before I had the chance to install a later build. For not being a patient person I found the performance to be a little on the poor side but still berable, also I only had 128 meg of ram. I never did any actually work on it so... I`m sure with 10.1 it will be fine.
I'm running it on an iMac 233 160MB now. As you might expect, it's slow. Especially boot time.
However, since people are throwing 1st gen iMac in the trash now (literally, I got mine there), it a pretty cheap experience. Bit smelly though...
I tried out an iBook 500 the other day, before I got my iMac 233. The iBook 500 is pathetically incapable of running OS X in my opinion (compared to a dual 800). The iMac 233 is about half the speed.
Yes it is incredibly slow, but the time I spend waiting, I just revel at the fact that it works at all. Even Reason works, Bryce 5, Illustrator 10 and at the same time. With acceptable 'drag'.
Go for it baby!
FYI, I'm in between PowerMacs right now. I got rid of my 800MP because it disappointed me compared to the 533. I'm waiting for new memory architecture, hoping for MWNY.
I think i will try 10.1.5 and then wait for 10.2 and put that on.
Im a bit sick of OS9, bad memory allocation etc. And now its decided to calculate the size of the system folder as 7Gb, ive given up trying to work out why.
Sweet jesus, ppl throw these machines in the bin? nutters.
I agree with waiting for better memory bandwidth, Buis. The speed should double seeing how saturated the 133Mhz bus gets.
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However, since people are throwing 1st gen iMac in the trash now (literally, I got mine there), it a pretty cheap experience. Bit smelly though...
I tried out an iBook 500 the other day, before I got my iMac 233. The iBook 500 is pathetically incapable of running OS X in my opinion (compared to a dual 800). The iMac 233 is about half the speed.
Yes it is incredibly slow, but the time I spend waiting, I just revel at the fact that it works at all. Even Reason works, Bryce 5, Illustrator 10 and at the same time. With acceptable 'drag'.
Go for it baby!
FYI, I'm in between PowerMacs right now. I got rid of my 800MP because it disappointed me compared to the 533. I'm waiting for new memory architecture, hoping for MWNY.
I think i will try 10.1.5 and then wait for 10.2 and put that on.
Im a bit sick of OS9, bad memory allocation etc. And now its decided to calculate the size of the system folder as 7Gb, ive given up trying to work out why.
Sweet jesus, ppl throw these machines in the bin? nutters.
I agree with waiting for better memory bandwidth, Buis. The speed should double seeing how saturated the 133Mhz bus gets.
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I use it daily, it works fine for Appleworks, browsing, music, etc (i even use iPhoto on it - but it's noticably slow there)
I wouldn't hesitate to load OS X !