--- Nat Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/18/05, James Sanderson
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > XPF is the answer to go (all the way to Tiger,
> IIRC). Warning:
> > Tiger may be a 'tad' slow on the Beige machine. I
> have Panther
> > running on a Beige running @ 367 MHz with 288 MB
> RAM and a 18 GB IDE
> > Hard Drive. It works satisfactorily. It's no
> speed demon, of
> > course, but for the usual tasks of word
> processing, music listening
> > and internet browsing, it's fine.
> >
>
> I have a G4/525 that started life as a Beige G3/266.
> Because of this,
> I can't load more than 10.2.8 without XPostFacto.
>
> I am wondering: is 10.3.x or 10.4.x any faster than
> 10.2.8? Would it
> be worth my time to upgrade or should I stick with
> 10.2.8? I am
> perfectly happy with the stability and feature set
> in 10.2.8, but I'm
> always looking for more speed despite the fact that
> 10.2.8 cruises
> along fine on the G4. 9.2.2 is still faster though.
>
> What would you folks recommend? Panther or Tiger? Or
> stick with
> Jaguar? If the speed of either of the newer versions
> is significantly
> better, I would consider spending the money to
> upgrade. But I have
> heard XpostFacto can be more trouble than it's
> worth.
>
> Here's my setup:
>
> PowerPC G4/525 (started life as Beige G3/266)
> Desktop
> Radeon 7000 32MB video card
> 60 gigabyte hard drive & 4 gigabyte hard drive
> PCI USB card
> Pioneer DVR-110 DVD-R/CD-R burner
>
> Thanks,
> Nat
>
I have a G3 Beige MT that I had no luck putting 10.3
on (from 9.x) until I upgraded to 10.2.
There's an XPostFacto for X, and it upgraded pretty
slick from Jaguar with that.
I didn't run 10.2 long; I wanted Safari, though iCab
works fast for me (maybe it's no ads), with the
features I want, and I think it has versions for 10.1,
10.2, and even 9.x.
I'm running 640 MB with a dual monitor setup, and it
has a USB card and a Firewire card, with both working
out of the box.
HTH
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of Time; Puddinhead Wilson; He, She, and It; A Leg to
Stand On; The Dispossessed; The Left Hand of Darkness;
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