Hi I love both Tiger and Leopard, but wouldn't recommend Leopard on anything lower than a 1Ghz with 1GB of RAM. Yes it will run ok on lower but for good performance go with the above minimum.
Simon --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk - Mac news, reviews, guides, upgrades, hacks and more... - http://www.nmug.org.uk - webmaster for Norwich Mac User Group - The box said requires Windows XP or better, so I bought an Apple Mac. On Nov 10 2008, James E. Therrault wrote: My 2ยข worth... Stick with Tiger. I'm sure that Leopard can be made to work but it will be SLOW.. Regards, JT Samantha Goodson wrote: > > On Nov 10, 2008, at 7:50 AM, Doug Burton wrote: > >> >> >> I have the same machine and mine is staying with 10.4.11. For one >> thing, I've heard that Leopard was optimized for Intel machines and >> I did try to run it on my upgraded DA with a 1.6 Ghz CPU. I didn't >> like it, ran slow and choppy. > > > But couldn't that have been an artifact of the original DA architecture > or the amount of ram you had installed? > > I have a dual 533MHz DA, and when I first began contemplating moving to > Leopard I thought about just upgrading it, but Leopard wants a minimum > 867MHz processor to install. There are all sorts of ways around this, > but I decided not to tempt fate. I have a dual 867MHZ MDD like Bill's > on the way and a retail leopard disk. The MDD has 768MB of RAM in it, > but I'm planning on getting it up to the 2GB maximum and possibly > upgrading the video card. When I have it all set up, I'll let y'all > know how it goes. > > Peace, Love, and Joy, > > SaJe Goodson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---