Where primarily are you going to be using your PowerBook? With all versions of OSX, disk use is heavy and HD read/write times have a bigger effect on responsiveness than just about anything else, even RAM, assuming you have "enough." If your PowerBook will be spending most of the time sitting on your desk rather than traveling, you might consider booting off an external FW800 3.5 hard disk. This could be noticeably faster than your internal 2.5 HD, depending on its age.
On Dec 7, 7:39 am, mythmaker18 <mythmake...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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 <onecoolka...@earthlink.net> 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 <mythmake...@yahoo.com> > > >Sent: Dec 7, 2009 8:41 AM > > >To: G-Group <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com> > > >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.shtmlandour netiquette > > >guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > >To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > > >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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
