---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: What is the Highest OSX a Digital Audio G4 can run? Date: Monday, 17. October 2011 From: JoeTaxpayer <[email protected]> To: "G-Group" <[email protected]> > I run Leo on my MDD Dual 1.25GHz, and it's great. I thought there was > an iTune update to talk to my iPad or iPod that forced this. I > remember feeling that I was pushed to this move, but am happy to use > it.
When you're forced, there's nothing you can do about it. I wonder why it's still possible to use PowerPC-based Macs at all. I'm thinking that now, with PowerPC support being cut-off completely, newer versions of iTunes and other supporting applications (for iPod/iPad/iPhone/iWhatever) will be Intel-only. As a result, you will be forced once again. > Andreas, can you say why you think Tiger is better than Leo on G4? First of all, I like Leopard too. It is great fun to use, and I do use it on my G5s as well as on my G4 MDD Dual 1.42 GHz, even though the later has only its stock Radeon 9000 which doesn't support Core Image. Thou if you want to use classic Mac applications, you're “forced” to use Tiger on the higher-performance Power Macs (like the G5s) as well, at least in a parallel installation i.e. separate partition. Not an ideal situation this is… I think that overall, for most of the G4s, Tiger is the best choice BECAUSE it still supports older applications though the Classic Environment and it isn't as demanding as Leopard is when it comes to graphic cards. It just feels smoother on older low-performance Power Macs – Low End Macs :-). Plus, there are several recent applications still supporting Tiger. Sometimes I damn Apple for removing “working stuff” like the Classic Environment and Rosetta. There is no technical reason for that, only a company policy. If it's the support they're worried about, just let it go for free in an “unsupported” state. But no, that's not the Apple way. My dream Mac OS X for the PowerPC is: - Tiger, basically, with - Finder from Leopard, - Time Machine from Leopard and - as an option, the Dock from Leopard. - Some underlying, more modern base-packages, like the Unix tools and the - Kernel (XNU). BUT, instead of enhancing Tiger, they removed some PowerPC specific functions to lean towards Intel: remove old, make place for the new. Leopard is the first step towards Intel, it prepares for the next step: the Intel-only Snow Leopard. The removal of Rosetta on Lion completes this step. And all that is why IMHO Leopard isn't the ideal OS on PowerPCs. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- 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
