At 12:40 PM -0400 8/28/2009, Richard Gerome wrote: > I'm a little confused? The question was: OSX10.4 on a G3 but when >I'm reading these emails I keep hearing G4 mentioned too?
We don't mean to confuse usually. We just tend to stray off subject sometimes. :) >With all my knowledge and all the yrs I have been using Apples >"Tiger can run on a G4 without any problems" but a G3 it will run >very slow... Can someone help me out here to understand what's up??? Tiger on a G3 runs just fine. Adding memory and a better video card can make it run faster. Upgrading the video is, however, moot to the original subject of this thread: a slot-loading iMac. Slower Macs (G3s and early G4s) can be slowed by a few things in Tiger (and Leopard for that matter!). The two most common offenders are Spotlight's file indexing and Dashboard. The indexing bog mostly goes away once the indexing jobs are done. If "mostly" isn't enough, many of us just disable the indexing (easily done with a few commands in Terminal). Dashboard's problem is that it's a big memory hog, 40 MB real plus. If you don't have the xtra memory to spare, it can be also disabled easily enough (with a free tool such as OnyX). HTH, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
