I just recently aquired an iBook Indigo clamshell. I decided to upgrade the RAM to 320MB and the harddrive to a 30 GB. Now it runs OS X 10.3.9 very well. I tried Tiger but it was a bit slow. Still, I found that Firefox 2.0 will still run on Panther and with the airport card this machine is actually pretty nice to use for the types of things I do with a computer.
However, one thing I've discovered is that it is very hard to find software that works with Panther. I've spent the last hour looking for an older version of Flash player but all I find are windows versions. Obviously the latest browsers don't work, but I've found Firefox 2.0 to be sufficient. (in fact, I'm using it right now to post this message)
I'd like to find some lightweight games (tetris, etc..) that will work and some other office-type applications. However, most of the websites I find seem to cater to newer macs. I also have an intel iMac at home, but I only got that a few weeks ago and I'm relatively new to the Mac world in general. So I don't know exactly what names to look for in older software.
What I'm hoping is that there is some kind of website with a repository or database of software where maybe you can do a search based on which version of Mac OS X you are running so that you can see software that is compatible with your system.
It just seems crazy to me that operating systems as new as 10.3 are hard to find compatible software for. Heck, in the Windows world you'd be surprised how much software will still work on Windows 95.
However, one thing I've discovered is that it is very hard to find software that works with Panther. I've spent the last hour looking for an older version of Flash player but all I find are windows versions. Obviously the latest browsers don't work, but I've found Firefox 2.0 to be sufficient. (in fact, I'm using it right now to post this message)
I'd like to find some lightweight games (tetris, etc..) that will work and some other office-type applications. However, most of the websites I find seem to cater to newer macs. I also have an intel iMac at home, but I only got that a few weeks ago and I'm relatively new to the Mac world in general. So I don't know exactly what names to look for in older software.
What I'm hoping is that there is some kind of website with a repository or database of software where maybe you can do a search based on which version of Mac OS X you are running so that you can see software that is compatible with your system.
It just seems crazy to me that operating systems as new as 10.3 are hard to find compatible software for. Heck, in the Windows world you'd be surprised how much software will still work on Windows 95.
