The drive already has Tiger on it (and I've already run 'disable Tiger features' and stripped out the unnecessary languages, G3 support, etc for optimisation), so I may stick with that.
By the way, I put a 5400 in there rather than looking for a 7200 because some people online seemed to be of the opinion that the 7200 drives might run a bit hot in these 'books and may also to cause battery life to take a hit. At least it's not the original slower drive... As for newer OSes generally being slower, maybe it's just me, but with OSX, I've generally found 10.4 to be a lot faster on my machines than 10.3, so that's pretty much why I was asking the question, since although this has been true for me in the past, I wasn't so sure 10.5 would give any speed gain (due to the use of Core), despite this 'book being within the acceptable specs to do an install. And I'm just now realising I probably should've posted this in the G4 'books forum. Clicked the wrong button in my favourites bar! I don't imagine putting 10.5 on my Digital Audio 733 G4 would be such a great idea, eh, even though it's got maxed RAM and a 7200 rpm drive? Guess it also depends on video card and that's a whole other ball of wax (I don't have the stock card installed: it's a GeForce 2mx or 4mx, I think, whatever the stock card was in the dual 867MHz Quicksilvers). Andy On Dec 7, 9:12 am, Richard Gerome <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you would be better off with Tiger??? Based on my experience in > the past when you go up to the next OS it tends to slow it down... I would > hang on to the Leopard disc just in case you start having trouble with Tiger > but I don't see this anytime soon... I would max out the memory though if you > are looking for more speed and performance!!! > > -----Original Message----- > >From: mythmaker18 <[email protected]> > >Sent: Dec 7, 2009 8:41 AM > >To: G-Group <[email protected]> > >Subject: Leopard or Tiger? > > >I recently purchased a 17" 1.33GHz Powerbook G4 (Aluminum) and was > >wondering which would be the best (as far as speed/responsiveness) OS > >to install on this Mac: 10.4 or 10.5? I have install discs for both. > > >I will be moving over a 5400RPM drive and will be installing between > >1.5 and 2GB of RAM. > > >Speed is more important to me than simply being more "current". Thanks > >for your opinions. > > >Andy > > >-- > >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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our netiquette > >guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- 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
