My 2¢ worth... I have a Powerbook G4 1.25GHz running Tiger 10.4.9 and a Powerbook 1.67GHz running Leopard 10.5x and the slower machine is faster and more stable. Sometimes the latest is not the greatest...
JT in Austin, TX On Nov 15, 2016, at 8:17 PM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: > Since you are not concerned about classic mode then it should be fine. I do > not know what you expect to achieve with the upgrade if Tiger is working well > for you. Saying that, I upgraded my 933 G4 to Leopard and it is good and > stable (10.5.3) - Although I DO miss my Classic applications now. Leopard > boots a little faster but many people I have spoken to said Tiger runs > smoother and sometimes faster on the G4’s. Check some online comparisons. > Tiger having all the improvements made from OS 10.1, 10.2, & 10.3 ran nicely > for me. > > Personally on a 533 MHZ machine I think I would stick with Tiger unless you > really want/need the new features in Leopard. Ram? I do not remember what > the capacity of the 533 is but the more the better especially if you upgrade. > >> On Nov 15, 2016, at 8:38 PM, JackMacWindows <jackbruie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I had asked this on the Leopard Group, but nothing was showing up, and >> nobody has posted there in ages anyways. >> >> I have a Power Mac G4 Digital Audio with a G4 clocked at 533 MHz. I >> installed OS X Leopard on an iPod to test, and it seems like it runs >> somewhat fine (other than my fan clicking, which does not have anything to >> do with Leopard). I currently have Tiger as the main operating system. >> >> Should I upgrade the Tiger installation to Leopard? Loss of Classic Mode >> should not affect me because I have a working OS 9 installation I can boot >> to. Can I also keep that OS 9 installation on the same partition? >> >> >> -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "G-Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
