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<blockquote data-quote="astrog21" data-source="post: 1771841" data-attributes="member: 395870"><p>So I lugged the iMac to the Apple Store today. Seeing some of the reactions of people in the store was quite funny.</p><p></p><p>Here is a picture of it sitting happily at the Genius Bar:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]27177[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Just to clarify - there is nothing wrong with the screen, it's just how it looks with the camera.</p><p></p><p>After some staff members took photos of the machine, they tried to work out what they could do to help. Contrary to what the guy said on the phone a couple of days ago, the oldest operating system that they can offer me is OS X 10.6, which is too modern for any of the G3 iMac models. Although this is unfortunate, it's kind of the response I was expecting anyway.</p><p></p><p>Afterwards I went on eBay and found a brand new copy of Mac OS X 10.0 for a really good price and cheap shipping to Australia. I made certain that it is a 'generic' installation disc and not a recovery/upgrade/machine-specific version. It should arrive in 2-4 weeks.</p><p></p><p>I would of preferred to get Mac OS 9, but all of the sellers on eBay quoted me $20-$30 shipping. I think that there is an option to use OS 9 inside of 10.0 anyway?</p><p></p><p>OS X looks like it requires a lot more RAM, so I might buy another 128MB stick from the same seller as before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="astrog21, post: 1771841, member: 395870"] So I lugged the iMac to the Apple Store today. Seeing some of the reactions of people in the store was quite funny. Here is a picture of it sitting happily at the Genius Bar: [ATTACH=FULL]27177[/ATTACH] Just to clarify - there is nothing wrong with the screen, it's just how it looks with the camera. After some staff members took photos of the machine, they tried to work out what they could do to help. Contrary to what the guy said on the phone a couple of days ago, the oldest operating system that they can offer me is OS X 10.6, which is too modern for any of the G3 iMac models. Although this is unfortunate, it's kind of the response I was expecting anyway. Afterwards I went on eBay and found a brand new copy of Mac OS X 10.0 for a really good price and cheap shipping to Australia. I made certain that it is a 'generic' installation disc and not a recovery/upgrade/machine-specific version. It should arrive in 2-4 weeks. I would of preferred to get Mac OS 9, but all of the sellers on eBay quoted me $20-$30 shipping. I think that there is an option to use OS 9 inside of 10.0 anyway? OS X looks like it requires a lot more RAM, so I might buy another 128MB stick from the same seller as before. [/QUOTE]
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