Tiger or Leopard upgrade for Mac?

emanresu00 · 06-30-2008, 04:07 PM

Hi all,

I have an iBook G4 (PPC processor) with OS X 10.3.9 Panther, and would like to upgrade to Tiger or Leopard as Apple does not support Panther anymore.

What would you recommend as the minimum requirements so that the system doesn't run too slow realistically?
I assume there would not be incompatibility issues with such an upgrade, at least with the Apple software that came with the iBook.

Some people seem to have performance issues with Leopard on new Macs more powerful than mine. But a person used Disk Utility under Applications and that solved the problem for them.

I was thinking to wait until next year that Snow Leopard comes out. That is when Apple may presumably stop supporting Tiger. However initial info says that Snow Leopard will work only on Intel Macs :-(
(Not to mention the amount of processing power and RAM required, prehaps more than the full RAM on my IBook).

Thanks.

tlarkin · 06-30-2008, 04:20 PM

Well according to Apple, Leopard requires at least 512mb of RAM and an 867Mhz G4 or better processor. I have ran it on the minimum specs and it actually runs OK. However, depending on what you do may or may not run that well.

Snow Leopard will kill all support for PPC, and thankfully, no more universal binaries and their OS will lose the bloat from having both codes for each platform.

I suggest you either upgrade to Tiger, or you save your money and apply it towards a new Mac. If you are a student you can qualify for a 10% discount on a new Mac.

06-30-2008, 04:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
emanresu00 New Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 18	Tiger or Leopard upgrade for Mac? Hi all, I have an iBook G4 (PPC processor) with OS X 10.3.9 Panther, and would like to upgrade to Tiger or Leopard as Apple does not support Panther anymore. What would you recommend as the minimum requirements so that the system doesn't run too slow realistically? I assume there would not be incompatibility issues with such an upgrade, at least with the Apple software that came with the iBook. Some people seem to have performance issues with Leopard on new Macs more powerful than mine. But a person used Disk Utility under Applications and that solved the problem for them. I was thinking to wait until next year that Snow Leopard comes out. That is when Apple may presumably stop supporting Tiger. However initial info says that Snow Leopard will work only on Intel Macs :-( (Not to mention the amount of processing power and RAM required, prehaps more than the full RAM on my IBook). Thanks.

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06-30-2008, 04:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 9,930	Well according to Apple, Leopard requires at least 512mb of RAM and an 867Mhz G4 or better processor. I have ran it on the minimum specs and it actually runs OK. However, depending on what you do may or may not run that well. Snow Leopard will kill all support for PPC, and thankfully, no more universal binaries and their OS will lose the bloat from having both codes for each platform. I suggest you either upgrade to Tiger, or you save your money and apply it towards a new Mac. If you are a student you can qualify for a 10% discount on a new Mac.