iMac question....

[da9000]

I would run Panther (10.3.9) or Tiger (10.4.x) (neither of which is "rigid", but much more malleable than most think) on that machine, but I would up the memory to 1GB. Anything less than 512MB and it will slow down when running multiple apps. You will be able to watch DivX movies at 600Mhz, but only with a very fast player (MPlayer, VLC), not with QuickTime. DVDs I'm not so sure about.

Good places for freeware/apps, other than Apple's own pages (they list non-Apple apps as well), are:

macupdate.com
versiontracker.com

Have fun!

[da9000]

mingle wrote:
I'd have to say that WinXP Pro is the most stable OS I've ever used.

mingle wrote:
I've tried Linux and it's as bloated as XP

mingle wrote:
I tried out Mac OS (8.??) on Shapeshifter and was dismayed at the way it was so difficult to actually get to grips with the OS

mingle wrote:
the Mac is supposed to be a bit less virus and spyware prone than Windows

Mingle, you' have very... ummm... unique views as a person! :-)

Well, you're from "down under", so I guess things would appear upside down from our view :-P

BTW, I agree with what SVP said about cooling. Enjoy your Mac!