RAM is the other big limit on the 12" PowerBook. It maxes at 1.25 GB, which I have. When this Mac was new, even the iBook could use 1.5 GB.
But I do now have an SSD drive. And it is /very/ fast. Startup is faster than current MacBook Pros (save those which also have SSDs). - W Mirko Kranenburg wrote: >I have gone back and forth between Tiger and Leopard on my PowerBook G4 >1.25 GHz. >But Leopard is simply better in the end. Just max out the RAM (that is >cheap nowadays!) and go for it! > >Op 1 aug. 2011, om 21:22 heeft Winston Weinmann het volgende geschreven: > >> My G4 Cube, upgraded to a 1.8 GHz processor and a much faster video >> card, runs 10.5, but I've kept my PowerBook on 10.4 as it puts a lighter >> load on the video system. Video is the only thing the PowerBook has any >> difficulty with. >> >> I am considering 10.5 for the PowerBook as I'd like to use Safari 5 with >> Ghostery. OS 10.4 is limited to Safari 4.1, which doesn't support >> extensions like Ghostery. >> >> - Winston >> >> >> Rene Merz wrote: >> >>> Richard wrote: >>> >>>> René, >>>> I think i'ts really really painful to upgrade a G4 to Mac OS X 10.6 >>>> ;) >>>> >>>> Riphone >>> >>> Ok, yes, I missed something, sorry. >>> But at least an upgrade to 10.5 (Tiger) would be possible. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > >
