Unnecessary tweaking of browsers is one of the more aggravating ways that online content providers have of making old computers obsolete. I'm running a Powermac G5 with 10.5.8 and really have no issues at this point, but keep in mind that the G5 line of towers logged an early reliability record which was rather poor for Apple computers. Not sure if that has improved with time, I'm happy with mine thus far. Why not just get rid of Google?
On Nov 16, 1:57 am, a1 <[email protected]> wrote: > I use Panther and Tiger on my G4 and other macs, usually switching > between Omniweb, Camino and sometimes Opera. I gave up on Firefox and > 10.4 Fox simply because I dont want to do jumping jacks simply in > order to watch youtube or facebook videos. I am utterly fed up with > what Google did to Reader, and now, gchat within gmail and even > opening gmail messages has gotten flaky, unreliable. I have always > used webmail and browser apps but I have simply had enough. So, some > questions, hardware and software. > > Hardware: I am either going to radically upgrade the G4 or buy one of > the G5's I see flooding the market here. Am I really going to have > great relief upgrading to Leopard on a G5 or is it only a matter of > time before Google starts messing with the compatibility of browsers > for Leopard, too? Between Firefox, Google and Apple "sunsetting" their > products prematurely, simultaneously really, a PPC user seemingly has > nowhere to turn. Incidentally, would an older IDE hard drive simply > plug in and work in a G5 for migration purposes? > > Software: I really, really need an RSS reader that will remain > reliable with Tiger. And, I really need an email program I can suck my > gmail out of Google without bothering anymore with their webmail. I > tried Thunderbird for a while but disliked the user interface, > specifically an inability to make the text in panes larger. I have > never gotten a version of Apple Mail to work with gmail. I want to > leave browsing to a minimum as at this juncture none of the browsers > really are pleasant. > > My internet days go back to vax machines and Elm mail, running Usenet > off a shell, and text-only telnet. All this modeming into an ISP using > my color classic. I was much happier then! I have never been so > annoyed at online experience as these days. Do people use Terminal for > email or any way around the suffocation of the upgrade curve? -- 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
