The consensus seems to be that Tiger is at least as fast as Panther, and considering that many programs these days require Tiger or Leopard, it would seem to be the better choice. I lover Tiger. It's the bomb!
Thanks! Scott Birdwell DeFalco's Home Wine & Beer Supplies Houston TX On Oct 22, 2:28 am, Simon Royal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott > > Panther sucks on any machine - and I know a lot of people will disagree > with that. > > Tiger on a Lombard maxxed with 512MB is very smooth, Panther not so. > > Simon > > ---http://www.simonroyal.co.uk- Mac news, reviews, guides, upgrades, > hacks and more... -http://www.nmug.org.uk- webmaster for Norwich Mac User > Group - The box said requires Windows XP or better, so I bought an Apple > Mac. > > On Oct 22 2008, Da'Birdman wrote: > > Interesting! I had no problem running my update on the Lombard. I > guess the real question is whether Tiger or Panther will run faster on > the Lombard. I got the Lombard very inexpensively, so I can afford to > put a little money into it to max out the ram to 512 megs. So, what's > the consensus: will Tiger or Panther run faster on a maxed out > Lombard? Thanking you in advance. > > Scott Birdwell > DeFalco's Home Wine & Beer Supplies > > P.S. FYI I removed the bottom housing on my iBook and played with the > HD IDE ribbon, and, what you know. . . it now boots fine! (I'm writing > this on the new upgrated laptop). The old HD seems fine, though. I > guess it was somehow corrupted. > > On Oct 21, 6:56 pm, "Simon Royal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Brian. > > > I have had Tiger on two Lombards, a tray loading iMac and a Clamshell > > iBook. > > > All updated fine. > > > Simon > > > ---www.simonroyal.co.ukandwww.nmug.org.uk(sentusing Nokia E71) > > > -original message- > > Subject: Re: Tiger on Lombard > > From: Brian Deuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 21/10/2008 22:32 > > > On Oct 21, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Simon Royal wrote: > > > > Brian. > > > > Not true. I installed Tiger at 10.4 (thats what my DVD is at, its an > > > early one). > > > > Then I ran software update and it worked fine. Tiger is a simple > > > kettle of fish, it is merely the installer that stops it. > > > Strange. I did exactly this, installed the 10.4.11 combo update, and > > it stopped booting. No amount of repair would fix it except an Archive > > and Install on my Pismo, updating it, THEN moving it to the Lombard. > > > I guess your millage will vary. > > > Brian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
