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pretty decent iMac G4
Posted by: ironborn65 on 2026-02-18 23:37:21
I’m quite happy with this.
The colors of the picture are false, the Mac itself is pure white while the keyboard is terribly yellow, so a bit also the mouse. The speakers are perfect! Ah, I have the box.
I’m planning for RAM upgrade.
Any recommendations for the MacOS X upgrade?
Posted by: Byrd on 2026-02-19 01:16:50
Nice, I'd go Mac OS X 10.4 on it (good bridge OS between old and new) or 10.3.9 for more speed
Posted by: Fred1212 on 2026-02-19 17:27:34
Nice score
Posted by: finkmac on 2026-02-19 17:31:54
i would install mac os 10.1
Posted by: mac27 on 2026-02-19 19:17:36
I've had good luck retr0briting these keyboards, though they are a fair bit of work to disassemble completely to isolate the plastic backing plate that needs the treatment.

Unfortunately the mice not so much; not clear there's a way to remove the acrylic shell reasonably.
Posted by: Unknown_K on 2026-02-19 19:28:37
That's a perfect OS 9.2.2 machine to me. I have a later G4 1.25 Ghz widescreen iMac that is OSX only but would love to run OS 9 on it if I could.
Posted by: Fred1212 on 2026-02-19 20:17:58
Yes 9.2.2 runs really well on these
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