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trouble with everything! did i get ripped?
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1252460"><p>cere: As you probably know, the machine you bought is about a decade old. Mac OS X 10.4.11 is the latest OS you can put on that machine, but that too is many years old, four years old at least.</p><p></p><p>In what I call "software context," (ie, getting a matched set of similarly-old software), it's a great performer, but almost nothing modern and new will run on it at all. No recent iTunes, no current Safari, and most new software won't run on it. It's a VERY old machine by any measure. The screen is probably worth more than the computer.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't have suggested something that old for anyone's first experience with Mac OS X. My only suggestion as to what to do is to find the original OS X restore discs that go with that machine -- or a new RETAIL copy of Tiger (very hard to find!) -- and start over. Software Update will get you back up to 10.4.11 and the latest software you can run, and the problems should disappear.</p><p></p><p>Really, what you ought to do is save up and get a recent Intel Mac of some sort. I just tonight agreed to buy a friend's old MacBook (Core Duo) from 2006 for $200. I'm just going to have it handy as a "loaner Mac" for friends who might temporarily need a Mac for a week or so, or to take on trips et al. Not sure you could find a deal that good, but you should be able to grab a 2007 model or so for not a whole lot more than that. You really, really want to be able to run Snow Leopard at least, going forward, and that means getting an Intel Core 2 Duo (2007) or later Mac.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1252460"] cere: As you probably know, the machine you bought is about a decade old. Mac OS X 10.4.11 is the latest OS you can put on that machine, but that too is many years old, four years old at least. In what I call "software context," (ie, getting a matched set of similarly-old software), it's a great performer, but almost nothing modern and new will run on it at all. No recent iTunes, no current Safari, and most new software won't run on it. It's a VERY old machine by any measure. The screen is probably worth more than the computer. I wouldn't have suggested something that old for anyone's first experience with Mac OS X. My only suggestion as to what to do is to find the original OS X restore discs that go with that machine -- or a new RETAIL copy of Tiger (very hard to find!) -- and start over. Software Update will get you back up to 10.4.11 and the latest software you can run, and the problems should disappear. Really, what you ought to do is save up and get a recent Intel Mac of some sort. I just tonight agreed to buy a friend's old MacBook (Core Duo) from 2006 for $200. I'm just going to have it handy as a "loaner Mac" for friends who might temporarily need a Mac for a week or so, or to take on trips et al. Not sure you could find a deal that good, but you should be able to grab a 2007 model or so for not a whole lot more than that. You really, really want to be able to run Snow Leopard at least, going forward, and that means getting an Intel Core 2 Duo (2007) or later Mac. [/QUOTE]
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