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| Can 8500 do 8 |
Posted by: macguy on 2010-01-05 19:29:24
I can not recall if the 8500 can do 8.
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Posted by: ClassicHasClass on 2010-01-05 19:47:09
You mean Mac OS 8? Sure. A 9600 can even still do 7.x, the last Power Mac that could.
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2010-01-05 19:52:47
Yep, not a problem. The PowerMac 8500 is supported by Apple to run any version of Mac OS from System 7.5.2 to Mac OS 9.1, including Mac OS 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 8.5.1 and 8.6.
(of course, using 3rd party hacks such as OS9Helper and XPostFacto, its also supported up to 9.2.2, and even up to 10.4, just not by Apple 😉 )
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Posted by: Unknown_K on 2010-01-05 22:19:33
The 8500 Shipped with OS 7.5.x. I don't recoomend 7.5.2 but anything 7.5.5 or later (7.6.1 and 8.1 are perfect for a stock 8500) will do nicely. On G3 equipped 8500 I go for OS 9.1, no real need for 9.2.2 unless you run OSX as well (updates were for OSX compatability).
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Posted by: macguy on 2010-01-06 01:01:14
Perfect.
I've stopped using the OS 9 hard drive ( the other drive has Tiger ) after upgrading from OS 8.6 to OS 9 only because OS 9 would not get along with many of my audio/midi programmes i did not have the know how to revert to 8.6.
Now that i have a better idea of how i will install 8.6.
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Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2010-01-09 03:29:42
(Late reply for the confused stragglers: The thread was originally titled "Can 8500 do 7", with the first post also referencing 7. That's why the first reply asks about 8, which may seem odd since now the title and first post mention 8.)
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Posted by: macguy on 2010-01-09 10:45:35
(Late reply for the confused stragglers: The thread was originally titled "Can 8500 do 7", with the first post also referencing 7. That's why the first reply asks about 8, which may seem odd since now the title and first post mention 8.) Now you've got me confused which is not hard on any day of the year. Today is Saturday 2010 right ?
I thought the heading of my post was can 8500 do 8 . Not sure where you saw "7".
Or, is there another post talking about 7 ?
However, is there a apple update after 8.5 ( not meaning update 9 ). That is was there a 8.6 ?
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2010-01-09 14:02:40
There are two updates to 8.5: 8.5.1 and 8.6. After 8.6, there were no more updates to the Mac OS until Mac OS 9.
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Posted by: CJ_Miller on 2010-03-10 07:31:22
My 8500 (RIP) did very well with 8.1, 8.6, and 9.1. Did badly with 8.5 and 9.0.4. I would probably recommend 8.6.
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Posted by: Quadraman on 2010-03-10 16:09:47
You mean Mac OS 8? Sure. A 9600 can even still do 7.x, the last Power Mac that could. The 9600 requires 7.6.1. You can't even use a 7.6 install disc, it has to be 7.6.1. I have both and that .1 tacked on at the end makes a huge difference to these machines.
The 8500 Shipped with OS 7.5.x. I don't recoomend 7.5.2 but anything 7.5.5 or later (7.6.1 and 8.1 are perfect for a stock 8500) will do nicely. On G3 equipped 8500 I go for OS 9.1, no real need for 9.2.2 unless you run OSX as well (updates were for OSX compatability). I agree with most of this. I keep 7.6.1 and 8.1 install discs as my baseline OS's. The one I use depends how powerful the system I am installing it on is. I try not to use older versions of 7 unless the machine isn't 32-bit clean or runs too slowly for 7.6.1. Most of my currently running Macs are capable of going to 9 so I really don't use my 7 and 8 discs much. Oh, according to the OS9 Helper site, there are benefits to upgrading to 9.2.2 if you can. The last device drivers and some of the last software updates to work with 9 require 9.2.1 or 9.2.2 and the optimizations for classic mode also speed things up when you boot directly into it making it faster than 9.1. That's not me, that's according the website like I said.
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