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Mac Forum / General / General / January 20060SX 10.0.2 Crap?
I have just installed OSX 10.0.2 on my iMac G3 333Mhz Lifesaver. I was so trilled that I finally got up to speed and to be on OSX. All of the apps that I dreamed would be able to run on my iMac would finally be there. In my fit of excitment I rushed to Mozilla.com. I couldn't wait to get my favorite browser loaded. So I proudly clicked on the "X" and proceeded to download. I was stoked. Then a screen came up asking mw what app to use to open the dmg file. I was just going to put it on the desktop. Desktop was greyed out as an option. Unless I chose to "save file as..." so I did.I was a little rusty I figured, no problem. Then to my extreme dismay the file sat there with a big ugly "E" for Internet Explorer. I figured at this point things were wrong. But just to confirm my fear I double clicked that bad boy! As I suspected a bunch of encrypted jargon came up tucked neatly inside IE window. Now here is my question: Some other groups have said that 10.0.2 can not handle firefox, is that the case? If this is the case, can someone please prove it to me. Can someone tell me just one program ( I do not even care what it does ) that will install on 10.0.2 and how to get it? I am lusting for some success with this OS X. Because I have had nothing but stinking failure. > I have just installed OSX 10.0.2 on my iMac G3 333Mhz Lifesaver. I was > so trilled that I finally got up to speed and to be on OSX. All of the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I am lusting for some success with this OS X. Because I have had > nothing but stinking failure. 10.0.2 (Cheetah) is *really* old and up-to-date OS X software probably won't run properly, if at all. The earliest functional version should be considered to be 10.2 (Jaguar). Chu  Signaturechuenginsberg at mac dot com > Now here is my question: Some other groups have said that 10.0.2 can > not handle firefox, is that the case? If this is the case, can someone > please prove it to me. You *could* start by reading the system requirements om the site you downloaded Firefox from ... http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/system-requirements.html Hrmm.. that page says 10.3 while the release notes say 10.2 is required. SignatureI recommend Macs to my friends, and Windows machines to those whom I don't mind billing by the hour In article <1135895549.566427.158320@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, > I have just installed OSX 10.0.2 on my iMac G3 333Mhz Lifesaver. I was > so trilled that I finally got up to speed and to be on OSX. All of the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I am lusting for some success with this OS X. Because I have had > nothing but stinking failure. 10.0.2 is a beta release. It was offered as beta and was mostly for developers. I strongly suggest finding a copy of 10.3 (Panther). This release was the most efficient on older systems and since it is one OS release back from the current (10.4 Tiger), and you should be able to find it very inexpensively. Bob Harris > 10.0.2 is a beta release. It was offered as beta and was mostly > for developers. I see this claim a lot. It isn't true. Many people consider Mac OS X 10.0 a beta release in retrospect, and the quality certainly wasn't present, but it was a full release. SignatureSteven Fisher; sdfisher@spamcop.net > > 10.0.2 is a beta release. It was offered as beta and was mostly > > for developers. > > I see this claim a lot. It isn't true. Many people consider Mac OS X > 10.0 a beta release in retrospect, and the quality certainly wasn't > present, but it was a full release. But wasn't 10.0.1 the first release that a normal user could actually get hold of? For 10.0 you had to be a registered developer or something? I got my first Apple laptop with 10.0.1 (iirc) because that was the first time I could run my unix stuff on an Apple laptop. Victor. SignatureVictor Eijkhout -- eijkhout at tacc utexas edu ph: 512 471 5809 > I have just installed OSX 10.0.2 on my iMac G3 333Mhz Lifesaver. I was > so trilled that I finally got up to speed and to be on OSX. All of the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I am lusting for some success with this OS X. Because I have had > nothing but stinking failure. Get at least 10.2. 10.0.x is, simply, crap. 10.1.x is better, but that's not difficult. 10.3.x might be pushing it on your machine unless you've maxed the RAM. SignatureWe are Microsoft of Borg. You will be assimilated. Stability is irrelevant. Where _you_ want to go to today is irrelevant. We will add your currency to our own. Bend over right now. Resistance is futile. > I have just installed OSX 10.0.2 on my iMac G3 333Mhz Lifesaver. Without reading anything else, I can tell you right now that you won't be happy with it. 10.0 had a lot of bugs and missing features. Most of today's OS X apps aren't even compatible with it. The most recent version of Mac OS X that is compatible with a "five flavors" iMac/G3 is 10.3.9. I strongly recommend you get a copy of 10.3 (and then use Software Update to bring it up to 10.3.9) And max out your RAM to 512M, if you haven't already done so. OS X works much better if you give it a lot of RAM. The latest release of Mac OS X is 10.4, but that version isn't supported on your iMac, since it doesn't have built-in FireWire ports. -- David > I have just installed OSX 10.0.2 on my iMac G3 333Mhz Lifesaver. I was > so trilled that I finally got up to speed and to be on OSX. All of the > apps that I dreamed would be able to run on my iMac would finally be > there. (snip) > I am lusting for some success with this OS X. Because I have had > nothing but stinking failure. From what I know being outside Mac World, 10.0 OS X was so buggy and unstable so 10.1 OS X was kind of "free upgrade". Not exactly free but very, very cheap. There is a site specializes on such machines (in fact, everything) which has a very friendly owner and community, I think you should seek help there: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ It can't be _that_ bad but I suspect OS X 10.0 is like Windows ME. 10.2.8 and in fact every newer OS can run, just turn off bells and whistles I suppose. E.g. turn off Dash Board like many of us. You better review that site Ilgaz Ocal Signaturenotice the change in e mail address. |
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