The retail Tiger package ships on a DVD but you can have Apple trade it out for CD's after you've purchased it. I'm not sure how happy Tiger would be running on a G3 though. How much memory do you have? Tiger really likes no less than 512MB and I recommend having at least 1GB.
Oh, I get it. You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-height. Oh wait, he's run off.
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NoiseDesign - Feb 15, 2006 12:40:23 pm PST #7089 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Gris - Feb 15, 2006 12:41:26 pm PST #7090 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Hmm. I'm not sure, Allyson - the iMac G3 is before my Mac time. I think Panther still worked on them for sure, and you might be able to get Tiger on CD if you glare hard enough at Apple through the phone.
Somebody is going to answer that question better than I did. Maybe before me.
(Note: prolonged exposure to computer labs leads to my inability to type well in QWERTY or dvorak. My poor confused fingers!)
tina f. - Feb 15, 2006 12:50:19 pm PST #7091 of 10003
I'm not sure how happy Tiger would be running on a G3 though.
Not happy at all. I just got rid of my graphite iMac G3 (which did have a CD/DVD drive). With the RAM maxed out, it didn't like 10.3 a whole lot but it really didn't like Tiger.
I'm not an expert - but I had a lot of Mac geek friends look at it and we could really never make it work well once I upgraded (for example all browsers I used quit on me all.the.time, Word didn't work so well, I got a ton of sudden freezes when doing just about nothing and no CD burner would work with either Toast or iTunes once I upgraded no matter what I did).
I wish I had something better to tell you...
ETA: I ended up putting 10.3 back on it and giving it to a computer-less friend who just wanted something he could load his iPod with.
NoiseDesign - Feb 15, 2006 1:04:26 pm PST #7092 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Allyson, a refurb Mac Mini might be a better option for you.
DCJensen - Feb 15, 2006 1:17:46 pm PST #7093 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
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Jessica - Feb 15, 2006 1:52:13 pm PST #7094 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The retail Tiger package ships on a DVD but you can have Apple trade it out for CD's after you've purchased it.
Why why WHY do they do it this way? I can understand the default format being DVD, because most Macs (newer ones, anyway) have Combo or Super drives, but wouldn't it make a lot less work for everyone involved to just make "give me CDs" an option at checkout???
(Not a real question, btw, just a rant.)
Latest Space Elevator tests looking good.
Oooh. Want.
Kristen - Feb 15, 2006 1:53:52 pm PST #7095 of 10003
Hmmm...when I offered to give Allyson my extra Panther disc, I didn't even check to see if it was CD or DVD.
If it's DVD, can you copy it to an external hard drive and run it off that?
Allyson - Feb 15, 2006 1:54:32 pm PST #7096 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My mac is only three years old. It is not allowed to be obsolete. NOT ALLOWED.
NoiseDesign - Feb 15, 2006 2:34:49 pm PST #7097 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Only three years old? Are you certain it's a G3 and not a G4? Is it one of the CRT iMacs or does it have the LCD on the metal arm?
Allyson - Feb 15, 2006 2:37:40 pm PST #7098 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It's a G3. Um. It is a graphite iMac.