Best OS For My iMac G3

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I recently purchased an old apple iMac G3/400 DV SE. The previous owner wiped the HDD which subsequently removed the OS (Mac OS X 10.4.11). What would be the best OS to put on this machine?
 

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10.3 or 10.4.

If you decide on 10.4...do you really want to spend close to $100 purchasing 10.4 for a 10+ year-old computer thats worth about $10-$20 dollars?;)

Just something to consider,:)

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For a 400MHz iMac..... Definitely 10.3... 10.4 is barely ok on my 500MHz iBook with 256mb of memory....of course I intend to max my memory out to 640.
 

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Where is the cheapest place to buy panther dvd's in the UK.

I'm not in the UK...but e-Bay is probably the best place (cheapest or otherwise)...install disks for OS 10.3 just aren't that common. You may find them on the rare occasion on Craig's List...but e-Bay is probably your best bet.

In fact...I just searched e-Bay UK...and I couldn't find any 10.3 install disks...that shows you how hard they are to find. If there aren't any on e-Bay...gonna be a tough search.

Just keep your eyes on e-Bay...they'll show up eventually.:)

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