Hi folks... With Christmas, I received $400 worth of gift credit at CompUSA and in my browsing I've been drawn again and again to that Tiger box on the shelf.
In the past, I have dismissed the thought of upgrade at the heavy cost but now that I've got a bunch of credit there it just might be worth it. Every day that passes makes my 10.2.8 more and more dated and I figure it can't be long before more and more developers drop support for it completely. I can still get updated versions of a lot of apps that I use (Firefox, for example) but most of Apple's modern apps now require 10.3 or above. Lots of new programs still work on 10.2.8 or better but I'm afraid that will change soon. So what do you guys think? Should I upgrade or not? My system was a Beige G3 that I upgraded and is now a G4/525Mhz, 512MB RAM, Radeon 7000 video card, Pioneer DVR-110 drive and a 60gig hard drive. There is also an Apple-branded 2gig HD on the internal SCSI bus, perhaps this was the original drive in the system. I use that exclusively for the OS 9/Classic installation. I also added USB support with a 2-port USB card. Since this machine started out as a Beige, I understand I would have to use XPostFacto to install 10.4 but this part of things doesn't concern me. I'm just wondering if Tiger is going to give me a boost in performance or productivity on the hardware that I have or if I'm actually going to take a performance hit. I've been told by numerous sources that 10.3 would be faster on my hardware than 10.2.8 is. Using this logic, I'm assuming 10.4 is therefor also faster than 10.2.8 but I want to hear firsthand experiences. FWIW, I don't plan on buying a new computer anytime soon. At least not until well after the Intel Mac systems have hit the market and and I get a good feel of where Apple is taking the Macintosh. The G4 CPU combined with the video card in this computer makes it simply FLY under OS 9/Classic and it runs fairly quickly under 10.2.8. Much faster than the original G3 CPU and not slow at all by anyone's measurement. So what would be my pros & cons here and what would you folks suggest? All opinions welcome. Like I said above, the XPostFacto issue is not a concern for me. Thanks, Nat -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
