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I'm looking at used Mac computers to replace the Mac that I have.
I've got a 17" Imac G5 10.4.11 Tiger and I've had it since 2005.

It does just about everything I want. It's pretty fast and works fine.
The problem is that it is no longer supported with software upgrades and I can't upgrade the browsers, flash, etc.

I'm looking at a 20" Imac 10.6.8 Lion with 1.5 GB of memory and a 20" Imac metal front 10.9 Maverick with 4 GB of memory.
The 10.6 is pretty original and very similar to one we have at work.
The 10.9 has been upgraded and has been built for speed.
The 10.6 is $285 and the 10.9 is $320 so price is not an issue.

Anyone have any info on the 10.9 Maverick system?
I've heard that there might be some unresolved glitches in that system.

Any info appreciated.
Thanks.
 
None that i noticed.

At those prices i would buy both. But then again you can never have enough MAC's - 3 desktops, 2 laptops, 1 ipad, 3 iphones.
All work perfectly no problems
 
i-FRAMER said:
None that i noticed.

At those prices i would buy both. But then again you can never have enough MAC's - 3 desktops, 2 laptops, 1 ipad, 3 iphones.
All work perfectly no problems
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Thanks, Mark.
The problems I have heard about are with the Wifi after the computer wakes up.
I won't be using Wifi at home anyway.
 
no i have not noticed anything, i have the lastest osx and mavericks on 2 desktops and 2 mac airs, have not noticed any difference with the wifi.
Maybe on older computers it could be, mine are all 2011 and newer
 
Well, the guy who had the Imac 10.9 told me that he would hold the unit for me to look at tonight.
I called him to get his address to go there after work and he told me "oh, it's gone".
I'm glad that I didn't buy from him.
Sometimes things work out a certain way and it's good.

I have another Imac 10.9 metal to look at and this person seems legit.
It's a little more money but maybe there's a reason why the other 10.9 was kind of cheap (stolen?).

I always kind of go with the flow on these kind of things.
I go with my gut.
When it's right, it's right and I haven't been wrong so far in other purchases.
 
Out of necessity, I am still running both OS 9 and OS 10.4.11 on my old coal burning Mac G4.

I stumbled across a site for legacy Mac users that fiddled with the newer versions of Adobe Flash and made it backwardly compatible with 10.4.

Unfortunately, I cannot remember where I found it, but it is out there in the interwebz somewhere if you can divine the proper search terms.
 
I have a Dell 1014 in the basement running Snow Leopard. MyDellMini helped me convert it years ago. It has been running day and night for as long as I have had my solar water panels up and running.
 
Bill Henry- said:
Out of necessity, I am still running both OS 9 and OS 10.4.11 on my old coal burning Mac G4.

I stumbled across a site for legacy Mac users that fiddled with the newer versions of Adobe Flash and made it backwardly compatible with 10.4.

Unfortunately, I cannot remember where I found it, but it is out there in the interwebz somewhere if you can divine the proper search terms.
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I actually have that on my desktop. It's from youtube and the guy calls it a "hack" for older Macs.
I downloaded it months ago but I never tried it.
I'm not sure how safe the download is.

I've had this G5 since about 2007. It was the front desk computer from my former job of 14 years.
I bought it from the owner when she retired and closed the business.

I figure it's about time for a newer computer.
Bill, if you want the "flash hack" info I can send it to you.
 
neilframer said:
I downloaded it months ago but I never tried it.
I'm not sure how safe the download is.

Bill, if you want the "flash hack" info I can send it to you.
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That's okay, Neil. I'm not too awfully sure I trust you, either. :p
 
What processors do they have?

My DH sells Apple and he recommends at i5 or i7 processor with 4GB memory. If you have questions, feel free to contact me and he will be happy to answer questions for you and give you direction............that is if you haven't already made your purchase. :D
 
CandyB said:
What processors do they have?

My DH sells Apple and he recommends at i5 or i7 processor with 4GB memory. If you have questions, feel free to contact me and he will be happy to answer questions for you and give you direction............that is if you haven't already made your purchase. :D
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Thanks, Candy.
I'm going to look at the one with 4GB memory and the 10.9 and all of the upgrades on Wed.
It's kind of a challenge dealing with some of these folks selling stuff.:icon9:
I'll know when it's the right one.

Bill Henry- said:
That's okay, Neil. I'm not too awfully sure I trust you, either. :p
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Bill, many people trust me.:cool:
​Go into the light, all are welcome, all are welcome.
There is peace and serenity in the light............
 
The minimum requirement for OS X 10.9 is 2GB of memory, so you should be good with 4GB. If you are getting a model that is on 10.6.8 and you want to upgrade it to 10.9, you can go straight to it without getting 10.7 0r 10.8 (plus it's free!) But not all older macs are compatible with the 10.9.

If the machine is capable of running 10.8, it can do 10.9. The list of the compatible Mac models are here:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377/os-x-mountain-lion
 
As others say, go for as much memory as you can. We have several Mavericks-users now and all new features are mostly in the background. From 10.4 to 10.9 is a big step. With 10.6 Apple started to make OSX self-repairing so this is a feature you never noticed. during 10.7 en 10.8 that repair-proces was improved more and more and finally Mavericks is the second OSX-system that you only can install from downloading. No more need for burning system-DVD. But from 10.7 Apple recommends to make a "System-Repair-Stick" (USB-repair-stick) direct after installing, so that you can recover and repair your system after bigger troubles. You have to do this with a utility-program as standard included in the list of utility-programs. For 10.8-users is downloading and installing of Mavericks for free.

The finder-structure is about the same as you have now, but you will see it will be much faster.

Some wifi-troubles came up after sleeping.

Stepping from 10.4 to Mavericks will give you more features as you think. You can simple use iCloud now for syncing your mail, contact, events etc. into all your devices.

iLive will be changed into HD-iMovie only and many older features are skipped. So we still use older version of iMovie because the newer version more and more are targeted to consumers. Feel free to post your other questions.

The next important feature I recumbent you to use is a TimeMachine for automatic backing up your data. This is labeled to your account and with buying or getting a newer Mac you can simply use your old data to use your own same account.

Stepping from a PPC to an "Intel" is also new. When you install an new system, you will be asked if you like to use data and programs from your older Mac. You can't do this from a PPC to a "Intel" anymore, because Apple skipped Rosetta since 10.8. However, you still can connect your old Mac to a Firewire-port to your newer Mac by starting the older Mac with -T (target-modus) and browse your own data and drag it to your new Mac.
 
My problem with Mavericks is that none of our peripherals are supported - so I can't get any of my printers to work and the manufacturer (Canon) says they have no intention of writing drivers for Mavericks and will give me a 25% discount on a newer model.

Found out the hard way when we upgraded to two new machines at the office. Hence, I am wary of upgrading my laptop. Any suggestions for a work around?
 
If your printer is not in the list or you still feel unsatisfied with the driver, you can use an older Mac (specially G5-PPC with 10.4) as a printserver in your network. You can simply open the system prefs and mark sharing printer "on" to let that Mac print your stuff. It's important that you also mark "on" to let that Mac wake up from sleeping when it becomes a print-order. For setting it up in your new Mac simple go to the system prefs "printing" where shared printer are listed as well. This can work with the printer attached to USB and for a network-printer. However……. when your newer Mac has driver-software that doesn't support the network-version, you have to connect the printer with USB to the older Mac. This can work when both Mac's do have a working printer-driver installed. So it's impossible when you have no driver on your newer Mac.

A second possibility is printing by Gutenprint printer-drivers.

And beside this I think Apple will soon come out with new Canon drivers as they already did for Lexmark, Samsung.
 
My new (used) computer is up and running.
I bought it off of Craigs list.
It's an iMac 20" with the metal front.
It has the upgraded 4GB memory and is running 10.9 Maverick.

Everything is working great.
I plugged in my HP printer and the computer asked if I wanted to add the printer and I did and it all works fine.
My camera is also supported.
I don't know if I will ever use all of the new stuff available to me, but it's all good.

I just got a Motorola Surfboard eXtreme SBG6580 Wireless modem router so that I can use both computers if I want.
My old iMac G5 10.4.11 power pc, on the left, isn't really worth selling but I have a lot of files, photos, etc. on it and I want to keep it and still use it for some functions.
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