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Mac OS 10

Jan 15, 2006 2:49AM PST

I have a powermac g3 that had mac os 9 and microsoft office 6, which I upgraded to 10.1. However, once I loaded the 10.1, the printer does not stay in the chooser. Is there a solution to this? Microsoft Office opens, but it will also give me a error message of -5551 and says to select a printer from the chooser. When I go to the chooser, the printer is not there. Help. This is a present for my brother-in-law and I really would to like to make this work properly.

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Yes, there is a solution
Jan 15, 2006 4:15AM PST

When you upgraded to OS X 10.1, you entered into a whole new world. In OS X there is NO chooser. You appear to be going back to OS 9 every time you launch Microsoft Office.
None of your OS 9 software will work with OS X and that includes Office. To run Office under OS X, you will need Office for Mac OS X.
A few more details would be nice for your equipment.
Is it a beige G3, how much RAM, has the processer been upgraded?
OS 10.1 was not a very good or stable version and will NOT be a very good present for your brother in law. 10.2 was OK but 10.3 was considered to be much better than all of them.

Pass along the information and we'll see what we can do to help you out

P

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running os 9 in os 10
Jan 16, 2006 12:15AM PST

Thank you for your quick response. Since I am new to the mac world, this has been a learning experience for me. The mac has a 350 processor (I wish I could find a better processor) and 512 in memory. This is the iMac PowerPC G3. I was hoping that I could use Microsft 6, but it appears thatthis is not the case. I also don't want to put a lot more money into this computer considering $300.00 has already been put into this machine. My relatives are already saying you could have bouoght a dell and had more. So now it is more of a challenge to make this computer better than a pc.

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Stop spending money.
Jan 16, 2006 12:28AM PST

See if Open Office from http://www.openoffice.com has a version for you.

Frankly I would have picked up a Mac Mini over piling more and more dollars into an old machine. But that's your choice. For now, close the wallet and see what you can do without spending more.

Bob

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Stop the bleeding
Jan 16, 2006 2:36AM PST

Your G3 is just a bottomless money pit now. 10.1 was a unstable release and will not be too fun to use, in my opinion. I used a friend's iBook G3 to test drive OS X and I found 10.1 rickety. I would recommend you start saving your pennies (seriously, budget this out) and look to buy a new Intel iMac. By the time you save up the cash, Intel Macs will have created a presence and more universal programs will be released. The difference between your 10.1 G3 and the 10.4 (maybe 10.5 by that time, never know) Core Duo will rock your world. Save the cash and buy a new iMac that will last your for years.