Picked up an old eMac - OSX Question

[MotionMan]

I just picked up an eMac in prefect working order. It appears to be a 700 MHz PowerPC 7441 (G4), 128mb PC133 SDRAM, 17" Flat CRT with a DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo drive.

It is running OSX 10.2 (Jaguar), however, it can run Panther and Tiger.

Are Panther or, preferably, Tiger, available to legally downloaded or do you have to buy them?

My Google search has been inconclusive and, generally, unsuccessful. All I can find for Tiger is the 10.4.11 update, but it requires a version of Tiger to already be installed.

MotionMan

 

[vailr]

To stay "legal", any OSX version upgrade must be purchased; that slow of a machine wouldn't be worth investing much $$'s into running, however.
Look on eBay for used.
One example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/APPLE-MAC-O...perating_Systems_Software&hash=item20c709d625

 

[TheStu]

Yea, you have to be careful, I know that around that time (not sure if they still even include reinstall media anymore...) they locked the installer to specific hardware. My MacBook's Tiger reinstall media could NOT be used on my friend's MacBook Pro.

 

[MotionMan]

OK, so Tiger will not work because it required 256mb RAM.

Now I am looking at Panther (only requires 128mb.

MotionMan

 

[vailr]

Maximum memory: 2x 512 MB=1 Gb SDRAM.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/emac/specs/emac_700.html
Note: be careful if buying off eBay. There exist variations of "low density" and "double density" RAM.
This should work, if buying "new":
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/133SD512328/

 

[MotionMan]

It was finishing installing Panther when I left this morning. I don't even remember what features came after Panther than I might miss. LOL.

MotionMan