Which OS for B&W G3?

[gumbald]

I've got a B&W G3 running Ubuntu, I was just wondering whether because that originally sold with a copy of Mac OS, whether I could install the relevant version legally? I think it was 8.6? (May be wrong...)

If so, where could I get a copy of the install media?

 

[EirePlane]

As far as I know, you could get OSX to install on it legally since it's still apple hardware. you can buy disks for this in many shops

 

[Will_3rd]

you should be able to get 10.3 on that at least

 

[Beepcake]

If it's got firewire then you can get Tiger on it, and it will be a fair bit faster than Panther. If it doesn't have firewire then you will need to mess around a bit to get tiger to install, but it's not particuarly difficult.

My sister has a 400Mhz iMac with 256meg running Tiger, and for browsing, email and office it's spot on.

 

[gumbald]

Legally however, should I be able to put the original version of Mac OS that came with it for free?

 

[Beepcake]

Legally however, should I be able to put the original version of Mac OS that came with it for free?

If you have the restore disks, yes.

 

[gumbald]

Alas, no.

How much should a version of 10.3 set me back?

 

[Will_3rd]

quick look on that well known auction site finds a retail copy going for about £10

 

[gumbald]

I had looked, didn't know if that was reasonable. Can't say I've ever bought a second hand OS

Wanna get some experience in Mac OS before I get my MacBook

 

[Will_3rd]

nah that price is very reasonable, 10.3 is perfectly good, Tiger retails for about £60-80 new

 

[Una]

Just keep ubuntu on it, osx is like a slug.

 

[gumbald]

I'm guessing I'll want to keep it when I get my MacBook though (I've seen it's not a slug on them), so I need to learn it

 

[punky_munky]

Mac OS X doesn't really require any learning. Still, might as well put OS X on the G3 to make it useful. Probably boost its value a bit too.