[wanted] Old iMacs

[AceDaz]

We currently use iMacs in Music (The ones that had pretty colours on them - Blue or Orange). We only have 3 in Music.

 

We are looking to upgrade them to Mac OS X Leopard, Office 2011 for Mac and Sibelius (Think it's version 6 they are on). But I have been told that Sibelius' minimum quantity on the licenses is 5.

 

So we are looking for Cheap / Free iMacs that we can add to make it up to 5 (so 2 in total).

 

Has anyone got any going?

 

We also need a iMac Orange Mouse - Does anyone know where we can get them from?!

 

Thanks

[3s-gtech]

Which version iMac do you mean now - bear in mind the system requirements.

[FN-GM]

We currently use iMacs in Music (The ones that had pretty colours on them - Blue or Orange). We only have 3 in Music.

 

We are looking to upgrade them to Mac OS X Leopard, Office 2011 for Mac and Sibelius (Think it's version 6 they are on). But I have been told that Sibelius' minimum quantity on the licenses is 5.

 

So we are looking for Cheap / Free iMacs that we can add to make it up to 5 (so 2 in total).

 

Do you mean the iMac G3?

 

They wont run Leopard officially. They will probably struggle with that on. Snow Leopard wont run at all.

 

We also need a iMac Orange Mouse - Does anyone know where we can get them from?!

 

They are called Puck mice i think. they stopped making them long ago, eBay would be your best bet. Standard USB mice will work.

 

edit: Just found this - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-Classic-USB-Round-Puck-Mouse-All-colours-/110652181476?pt=UK_Computing_Apple_Mac_Accessories&hash=item19c3624be4

Edited March 7, 2011 by FN-GM

[AceDaz]

I am not sure what the spec is, is there a program I can run to find out?

 

 

They are called Puck mice i think. they stopped making them long ago, eBay would be your best bet. Standard USB mice will work.

 

edit: Just found this - Apple Classic USB Round Puck Mouse All the colours! on eBay (end time 23-Mar-11 10:41:36 GMT)

 

Ouch! I suppose that's Apple for you lol

[FN-GM]

I am not sure what the spec is, is there a program I can run to find out?

 

Do they currently have an OS installed?

 

If so go to the Apple logo in the top left corner, then about this mac.

 

Ouch! I suppose that's Apple for you lol

 

As i say other USB mice will work just fine.

[Arthur]

I am not sure what the spec is, is there a program I can run to find out?

You could also use MacTracker to lookup the spec, but I would check System Profiler first (About This Mac > More Info).

 

Regarding the mouse, any USB mouse will work.

Edited March 7, 2011 by Arthur

[3s-gtech]

If it's an iMac G3 (CRT monitor with PC inside) you'll not get Leopard running properly, will take a lot of fiddling around - and will run like a dog if you manage it. They'll run Tiger though, if they have Firewire and DVD slot.