On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Neal <[email protected]> wrote:

> I need to go to 10.4 or 10.5 on the G4 I am using. It runs at 350 MHz
> and has 1 Gb of SDRAM.
>

Since 350mhz is the absolute bottom of the G4 line, I have to ask. Is this
a G4 with AGP graphics (Sawtooth) or one with PCI graphics (Yikes!)?

If it is has PCI graphics, then the question is academic since you would
only be able to run 10.4 without serious hackery.

If it has AGP graphics, then 10.5 is possible with LeopardAssist.

Personally, I wouldn't touch 10.5 unless you have at least a Radeon
graphics card. The Rage128 Pro that would have shipped with the system
originally is not supported under 10.5 (IIRC, the drivers aren't included
and would have to be loaded from a 10.4 system, anyway) and the OS really
wants at least a Quartz Extreme-capable card.

JR

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