Thanks, the G4 runs just fine without it ... Well better than fine, considering it's 7 years old! LOL . Tiger is just fine with me.
Although as soon as I can get the cash for the mac mini, I will get it simply because I want to run dual boot for diabblo III. LOL On Jun 15, 2009, at 6:55 PM, Jim Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Jun 15, 2009, at 2:06 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> And if not maybe tell me what kind of up grades I need? I mean I just >> wanna run lepord properly. I am on tiger > > You cannot put an Intel processor in your G4, for a lot of reasons. > Here are Apple's system requirements for Leopard, OS X 10.5: > > Mac OS X 10.5 requires: > • A Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or Power PC G4 (867 M > Hz > or faster) processor > • 512 MB memory or more > • A DVD drive for installation > • 9 GB of available disk space or more > • Some features require a compatible Internet service provider, f > ees > may apply. > • Some features require Apple's .Mac service; fees apply. > Notes > • Computers with processor upgrade cards are not supported with M > ac > OS X. Although Mac OS X may install and appear to work normally on > some computers with third-party microprocessor upgrade cards, Apple > does not provide technical support or assistance for Mac OS X when > used in this way. Contact the manufacturer of your microprocessor > upgrade card for support information. > • Check out the Mac OS X Leopard Technical Specs website for > additional details on Leopard requirements > (http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs/ > ) > • You should also read the Before You Install document included > on > your Mac OS X installation disc. > > If your Mac meets or exceeds all of the basic hardware requirements, > you can install and run Leopard without changing a thing. On the other > hand, since Snow Leopard will not support your G4's PPC processor, you > will not be able to upgrade to 10.6 in September. > > Jim > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml 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/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
