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Subject: Re: Upgrade iMac 8.1 Follow Up
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 17:40:19 +1200
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On 2024-07-30 20:40:19 +0000, philo said:
> On 7/29/24 21:22, philo wrote:
>> Have to admit I am not familiar with this machine. (or any of the Intel Macs)
>> 
>> I was given an iMac 8.1 running OSX 10.5.8
>> 
>> The owner had a 10.6 upgrade DVD but when I try to run it to upgrade, I 
>> get a message "will not run on this version."
>> 
>> Actually, what I really need to do is just upgrade the browser.
>> 
>> Safari 5 connects to very few websites...I can't even connect to the 
>> Apple store
>> 
>> Any idea where I can get a browser that is better than what I have>
>> 
>> new version of Firefox will not run
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Also:
>> 
>> I wanted to empty SOME files from the trash bin NOT all of them
>> 
>> The ONLY option is to empty the bin>
>> 
>> I did Google and found two answers
>> Either hit the command or else the option key
>> 
>> That gives no option to delete only that file
>> 
>> Thanks
> 
> 
> She said I could do anything I want so I tried Linux SUSE but CPU is 
> just too slow and the performance was poor
> 
> I looked through the box of software that she gave me and there was a 
> Snow leopard install CD.
> 
> Though it would not allow me to upgrade Leopard, I decided to erase the 
> entire drive and then perform a clean install>
> 
> I then used a 10.8 dmg to further upgrade and next installed Foxfire legacy
> 
> I'll be darned, it actually does a decent job so I think the machine 
> will be good enough . I seriously doubt if she's going to use it form 
> much more than looking at photos>
> 
> So far I installed GIMP and will probably look for some simpler software
> 
> Libre Ofice is next and her printer/scanner installed easily
> 
> It probably would not have worked with Linux anyway
> 
> and I did not like the idea of her having to dual boot with XP which is 
> now gone

That iMac will officially run Mac OS X 10.11.6, which would be better, 
being three version newer.

Unofficially you could probably install Mac OS X 10.12 (maybe 10.13) 
using a patcher to fool the installer into thinking it's a newer model 
- sometiems it works fine, sometimes it can be a bit flakey, just 
depends on the software you try to run on it and what features they 
expect but are missing.