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Ralph Mowery

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On 10/22/2017 10:22 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
* Got a ten year old iMac sittin' here , my d-i-l wants me to wipe it
and reset to as-new for my grandson . Problem is that I know nothing
about Apple comps and can't find much info online about one this old .
Any Apple users out there care to help ? This unit was apparently part
of a school network , wants to connect to a termunal server - but will
function independently , if slowly . Part of that will be cured by
adding more RAM , 512 Mb ain't near enough . Not planning on putting
money into it until I know if it can be reset though .

* --

* Snag

* Thanks to all who responded . The kid was given this comp for helping
out a neighbor , probably because they couldn't figure it out either .
Y'all are right , it's slow - I was hoping adding some RAM would help
that ... But if none of the software now available will run on it , I
see no point . I have a "new" box here I built for him , has a new
Asrock mobo , quad core cpu , 8 Gb RAM and runs Win7 Pro 64 . But until
he gets his room cleaned (ongoing battle , and his room looks just like
the rest of the house)* there's nowhere to put it .

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As others said it is not worth it to fool with the Apple unless done for
historic purposes. It might sell on ebay as a collectors item.

As you already have another windows type box for him, it would not help
what I was going to say. You can get a refurbished used Dell for about
$ 60 shipped to you that will run most programs not counting high end
games. That is not much more than what more memory would cost for the
Apple if it will even take more.