Leopard on iMac G4?

ericlewis91 · Jan 7th, 2008, 09:23 PM

Leopard on iMac G4?
It is a 17''/1.25ghz G4/768mb ram/64mb video/superdrive/80gb

Is it worth upgrading? right now it has 10.4 but i really could use the Spaces and overall leopard finder etc?

would it run okay?

later on i plan on getting a 1gb bringing it up to 1.25gb? should i wait till then? or is it fine? what are ur experiences?

Mississauga · Jan 7th, 2008, 09:28 PM

I have Leopard running fine on an iBook G4 1.33GHz/768MB - not blazing fast, but worth the features, in my opinion. Extra RAM would certainly be beneficial.

ericlewis91 · Jan 7th, 2008, 09:31 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Mississauga
	I have Leopard running fine on an iBook G4 1.33GHz/768MB - not blazing fast, but worth the features, in my opinion. Extra RAM would certainly be beneficial.

did it significantly decrease opening times of apps? freeze up?

i may just leave tiger on there

cause the disks i got from the reseller have 10.3 on it...and the mac has 10.4(i have no 10.4 disks) and i got a family back of leopard with 2 liscenses left

so if i put leopard...there is only panther to go to

Mississauga · Jan 7th, 2008, 09:39 PM

If you're at all squeamish about running Leo on the G4, stick with Tiger. Tiger runs splendidly on G4s with 1GHz or faster processors. I'm doing a Tiger clean install on a client's iBook G4 as I type this - want the user to have the best experience.

ericlewis91 · Jan 7th, 2008, 09:45 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Mississauga
	If you're at all squeamish about running Leo on the G4, stick with Tiger. Tiger runs splendidly on G4s with 1Gb or faster processors. I'm doing a Tiger clean install on a client's iBook G4 as I type this - want the user to have the best experience.

but technically speaking ....the store never gave me a liscence for this 10.4 i am running? should i be scared?

should i go buy a used tiger...so that way i have a liscence? or dont worry?

Atroz · Jan 7th, 2008, 09:46 PM

I'm running leopard on a 1.5Ghz G4 Powerbook. Runs fine. It's up to you to decide if it is worth the money, but you can rest assured that it runs fine.

zmttoxics · Jan 7th, 2008, 11:05 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Mississauga
	If you're at all squeamish about running Leo on the G4, stick with Tiger. Tiger runs splendidly on G4s with 1Gb or faster processors. I'm doing a Tiger clean install on a client's iBook G4 as I type this - want the user to have the best experience.

Haha, you said 1 gigaBYTE processor. That doesn't make any sense! Ever!

Try 1 gig, or ghrz for short.

Mississauga · Jan 8th, 2008, 09:19 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by zmttoxics
	Haha, you said 1 gigaBYTE processor. That doesn't make any sense! Ever! Try 1 gig, or ghrz for short.

OOPS! Thanks for spotting that. DUH! Corrected.

Zer0tails · Mar 8th, 2008, 02:37 AM

running leopard on my imac g4 1.25 ghz as well. It runs fine to me, not blazing fast but not windows slow. It's just great for surfing, listening to tunes and youtubing.

I say go for the upgrade since you have the family pack. Eventually you'll want to go for leopard.

chas_m · Mar 8th, 2008, 05:36 PM

Should work fine with your setup as-is, and will work better when you upgrade the RAM.