pretty decent iMac G4

[ironborn65]

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?

 

[Byrd]

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

 

[Fred1212]

Nice score

 

[finkmac]

i would install mac os 10.1

 

[mac27]

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.

 

[Unknown_K]

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.

 

[Fred1212]

Yes 9.2.2 runs really well on these

 

[ironborn65]

I've updated it to 10.3.9, and it seems to fly pretty well to me. I read different suggestions here about downgrading it to even 9.2.2 or 10.1, why?
But yes, it depends on how I want to use it
At the moment it will sit in the livingroom to show its nice design and to let friends play music coming from my NAS.

I've disassembled the keyboard, and the retrobright is ongoing.
The mouse is a problem. I've not found a non-invasive technique to disassemble it.
Still, I have to update the RAM.