Apple G4 question

[Harry_manback]

Right.

a friend of mine has a G4 running os 9.2
he says that he cant see videos, Yahoo wont work, and ebay has also packed up.

initially i thought it was a codec problem but with some internet sites not work i thought it could also be a Java problem.

i know nothing about macs so if anyone knows anything could they please help.

 

[sn00p]

OS 9? tell him to stop wasting his time and move on!

 

[Harry_manback]

is that out of date?

i seriously know nothing of macs

is it like xp or something, does everything stop when vista comes out?

 

[sn00p]

is that out of date?

i seriously know nothing of macs

is it like xp or something, does everything stop when vista comes out?

It was released in 1999. It's utterly obsolete.

 

[Greeny.]

is that out of date?

i seriously know nothing of macs

is it like xp or something, does everything stop when vista comes out?

XP is still better and more stable than Vista

 

[Longy]

didn't think that G4's came with 0s9?

 

[Rich]

Yeap shipped with something like 9.0.4 or something. We still have a few kicking about running 9.2 lol

 

[sn00p]

Yeap shipped with something like 9.0.4 or something. We still have a few kicking about running 9.2 lol

My families business still has an Mac 128k in the office that is still used!

My G4 tower shipped with OS 9.

 

[Rich]

Superb we have a couple of 7300's still in use too, well until Midweek when the finally will go !

 

[Harry_manback]

ANYWAY back on topic.

whats this guy need to do?

how much is the upgrade or is worth getting a new pc?

 

[Rich]

Ideally the OS needs updating to a later up to date version of OS X.

I am running 10.4 here on my old one with a gig of ram and all is good. Not sure how well the latest 10.5 will run on it so I have left as is as I have my laptop as my main machine now anyway.

 

[Harry_manback]

Ideally the OS needs updating to a later up to date version of OS X.

I am running 10.4 here on my old one with a gig of ram and all is good. Not sure how well the latest 10.5 will run on it so I have left as is as I have my laptop as my main machine now anyway.

is there a reason why videos wont work on his though?
can he not just update java like you can on pc's?

 

[Rich]

The OS is so old no one does updates for it anymore. No one does updates for things 8 year out of date.

OS X came out in 2000, any OS 9 updates ended soon after that.

Not sure how anyone can use it day to date now. My old chap still uses 9.2 and most things don't work, so he mixes between that 10.4 but is to scared to take the jump !!!

 

[sn00p]

ANYWAY back on topic.

whats this guy need to do?

And answered it in Post 2!

how much is the upgrade or is worth getting a new pc?

That depends on what spec the G4 is.

Leopard won't run on anything less than 800Mhz. Anything under 1Ghz stick to Tiger.

 

[sn00p]

Ideally the OS needs updating to a later up to date version of OS X.

I am running 10.4 here on my old one with a gig of ram and all is good. Not sure how well the latest 10.5 will run on it so I have left as is as I have my laptop as my main machine now anyway.

is there a reason why videos wont work on his though?
can he not just update java like you can on pc's?

Well.

1) There will be no codecs as OS 9 is obsolete.
2) He'll be running the mac internet explorer from 1999! Enough said, browser best part of 10 years old.
3) Internet explorer is about as good as it gets on OS 9.

 

[sn00p]

I am running 10.4 here on my old one with a gig of ram and all is good. Not sure how well the latest 10.5 will run on it so I have left as is as I have my laptop as my main machine now anyway.

Running 10.5 on a G4 powerbook (1.5Ghz) without any issues here.

 

[Harry_manback]

how much is osX or can u obtain it from other sources?

 

[Rich]

I am running 10.4 here on my old one with a gig of ram and all is good. Not sure how well the latest 10.5 will run on it so I have left as is as I have my laptop as my main machine now anyway.

Running 10.5 on a G4 powerbook (1.5Ghz) without any issues here.

The G4 is one of the old dual processor 450's so best left where it is I think !

I am running 10.5 on the Macbook Pro.