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Mac OS 9 on Bondi Blue iMac
I bought an old Bondi Blue iMac from ebay that came with OS X installed. I find that it runs very slow. I would like to put OS 8 or 9 on it for a retro feel but I have had no luck. I have a retail version of both OS 8.6 and OS 9 (bought legally) but neither one installs. I insert the cd and restart the machine. I then hold down the "C" key and I can hear it access the cd. About 30 seconds to a minute later it boot into OS X. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for any help,
Jonathan.
Thanks for any help,
Jonathan.
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Permalink Reply by Kitty on -
Describe what's on the screen. It's also possible that the machine doesn't work at all.
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan on -
The machine boot fine into OS X, it just runs sluggishly. I can run everything including surf the net, but it takes 3-5 minutes just to load live.pirillo.com. The live feed is also very choppy.
When restarting the machine, it loads the apple screen and sits for a few seconds reading the installation cd for OS 8 and OS 9. When done reading, it displays the thinking icon and then proceeds to load OS X.
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Permalink Reply by Tyler Brown on -
well you're gonna run Flash player good at all on an iMac G3! Especially the Bondi Blue Models!
So of course live.pirillo.com is gonna be choppy!
I mean on my 400MHz iMac G3 - the slot loading model, its also choppy. What are you going to expect from a G3? I mean flash even runs like crap on my Pentium D at times (Which is a dual core processor!)
you also need to press a certain key when booting into the installation, forget what.
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