I hate to seem like Spoiled Rich Brat (TM), but getting a PMG5 is a really good idea. You can get a 1600MHz for about $100, and it will run 10.4 or 10.5 like a champ. My Dual-2.5 is more responsive (albeit slower with tasks like video transcoding) than my Win7 Core 2 Quad box. Disabling indexing is probably wise on any machine that has any difficulties with 10.4/10.5. In my experience, 10.4 and 10.5 operate at roughly the same CPU usage, although 10.5 definitely uses more RAM.
Illirik Smirnov "He's a phreak on a leash"- 3-time winner: Keynesian beauty contest Proud member of the Enloe HS Debate Team: "At Least Someone Placed" Proudly Chaotic Neutral since 1997 PGP doesn't work as well as you think it does. If you would use it, just meet me face to face. Nonetheless, if this message is signed, my public key is in the MIT database under my name. On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Valter Prahlad <[email protected]> wrote: > Il giorno 23-12-2011 17:32, Neal ha scritto: > >> I need to go to 10.4 or 10.5 on the G4 I am using. It runs at 350 MHz >> and has 1 Gb of SDRAM. > > AFAIK, 10.4 can be slightly faster than 10.5. > SInce your G4 is a mere 350MHz, unless you have good reasons to favour 10.5, > I'd go for 10.4 (it still has Classic support also, that was dropped in > 10.5). > > Honestly, though, I'm afraid you would find OSX painfully slow on your G4. > I remember I found it annoyingly slow on my G4 DA 667MHz (I was used to > slick and smooth OS9 then). Usable, yes, but irritating. > When I upgraded the G4 to 1.4GHz, things went better - not really smooth, > but good enough. > >> Money is an important consideration. > I understand, but perhaps you can find a G4 QuickSilver or MDD between 50 > and 100$. Those Macs would be way better for handling OSX. > > -- > 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 -- 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
