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2 Replies Last post: Feb 7, 2005 7:48 PM by cprovancher  
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cprovancher
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Feb 7, 2005 7:16 AM

Where can I get OS 8.6 for an old iMac?

A friend recently gave my elderly mother a 1999-vintage iMac with 64 MB RAM running OS 8.5. It's just what she needs for email and Web surfing, and it works fine -- except that her printer requires OS 8.6 or higher. Does anybody know where I can get an 8.6 CD? And will she be able to even run 8.6 with 64 MB RAM?

(I do have an OS 9.2.2 boot CD that came with an iBook, but I'm not sure whether she could successfully run that on her iMac with such low RAM.)

She loves her HP printer/photocopier, which isn't very old, so I don't want to replace it with anything else. I tried loading the software and printing in 8.5, but it crashes her iMac every time she prints.

Thanks for any help you can provide. I'm not in a position to buy a Mini Mac or some other new computer for her right now.

Chuck
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macnuke
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1. Feb 7, 2005 6:38 PM in response to: cprovancher
Re: Where can I get OS 8.6 for an old iMac?
her iMac will run on 9.2.2 just not fast. but if she isn't doing heavy games or graphics, she should be fine.
BUT... your iBook 9.2.2 DC will NOT install on the iMac as it is machine specific CD to the iBook only.

the easiest is to get the updater 8.6 and install that. you can simply download it yourself and burn it to CD for her and install from that. or download it on her machine and run it. it's a free download to go from 8.5 to 8.6 and you do not need to stop at 8.5.1 inbetween.

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cprovancher
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Jan 6, 2005
2. Feb 7, 2005 7:48 PM in response to: macnuke
Re: Where can I get OS 8.6 for an old iMac?
Thanks for the tip! I thought I had checked the Apple website, but I guess I didn't look hard enough -- I missed the 8.6 updater.

Thanks,
Chuck
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