resurrecting old G5 need to ugrad OS 10.3

needinhelp · needinhelp #1 (**permalink**)

09-10-2011, 08:05 PM

Hello all you who know more than me.
I dug out an old imac G5 desktop running 10.3.9, which won't run modern brouwsers. How do I upgrade to more current OS and what is the most current OS I can upgrade to?

1.8 GHz
1G RAM
Power PC G5 (3.0) CPU
600 MHz Buss
Boot Rom Version: 5.2.2f4

Thank you so much,
Darryl

MacDude121 · MacDude121 #2 (**permalink**)

09-10-2011, 08:38 PM

You can upgrade to OS X 10.5 Leopard. Will cost you about $100 on Ebay.

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #3 (**permalink**)

09-10-2011, 09:31 PM

Like MacDude said, 10.5.8. Ebay is probably your best bet.

Also with Leopard 10.5 I would put in another Gig of RAM for 2GB. 1GB will work but it will be a lot smoother with 2.

toMACsh · toMACsh #4 (**permalink**)

09-11-2011, 09:11 AM

But be sure you are buying a "retail" copy of Leopard. It is a black disc with a big X on it. Don't buy a grey disc. Those are machine specific and would have to be for your exact model to work.

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needinhelp #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 10, 2011 Posts: 1	09-10-2011, 08:05 PM Hello all you who know more than me. I dug out an old imac G5 desktop running 10.3.9, which won't run modern brouwsers. How do I upgrade to more current OS and what is the most current OS I can upgrade to? 1.8 GHz 1G RAM Power PC G5 (3.0) CPU 600 MHz Buss Boot Rom Version: 5.2.2f4 Thank you so much, Darryl
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MacDude121 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 22, 2010 Posts: 1,418 Mac Specs: Black MacBook 2.2GHz C2D, 4GB Ram - iMac G4 700MHz, 512MB Ram	09-10-2011, 08:38 PM You can upgrade to OS X 10.5 Leopard. Will cost you about $100 on Ebay.
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toMACsh #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 30, 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,673 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core 2 Duo	09-11-2011, 09:11 AM But be sure you are buying a "retail" copy of Leopard. It is a black disc with a big X on it. Don't buy a grey disc. Those are machine specific and would have to be for your exact model to work.
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