On the topic of speed, my personal experience on 10.4 v 10.5:
10.5 uses more RAM than 10.4.
10.5 uses the same amount of CPU as 10.4.
10.4 wants at least 1GB. 10.5 wants at least 1.5GB, with 2GB being best.
10.4 will be OK on a 700MHz G4, and is best on a 1-1.5GHz G4. 10.5
will be the same.
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On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Valter Prahlad
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Il giorno 24-12-2011 21:48, Junk Smith ha scritto:
>
>> I have a G4 MDD 867Mhz with 2GB ram operating as a file server. I am
>> looking for reasons on why I should/shouldn't upgrade to Leopard?
> I'm no "tech expert" :-) but unless you specifically need Leopard to run
> Leopard-compatible apps, I can't see a reason to upgrade.
>
> AFAIK, Leopard has not been very much loved, many people found it kind of an
> "intermediate" step towards Snow Leopard.
> Besides, many users reported it's slower (like 5-15%) than Tiger.
>
>> Maybe because of security updates since Tiger isn't updated (and
>> hasn't been in a while) anymore?
> I don't think there are real threats around.
> I'm using Tiger with Internet, and I had zero problems. I heard nobody using
> OSX and getting any malware (unless they blindly clicked "OK" on suspect
> windows appearing out of nowhere ;-).
>
> Just my 2c.
>
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