Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 29, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Tina K. wrote: > On 2010/11/29 09:09, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: >> Not even remotely true. Significant speed improvements were made in >> 10.5 and 10.6. For example, Spotlight is actually useful in 10.5. > > At the cost of Finder search which Apple destroyed

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-29 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/29 09:09, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: Not even remotely true. Significant speed improvements were made in 10.5 and 10.6. For example, Spotlight is actually useful in 10.5. At the cost of Finder search which Apple destroyed. I prefer to search a location rather than a drive, t

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 29, 2010, at 6:19 AM, Geke wrote: > You already found out, but anyway: > Apple has been replacing emulation code by native code up to Tiger, > and that’s the fastest OS X of all. In later versions, additions have > started to make things slower again. Not even remotely true. Significant s

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-29 Thread Geke
> Tiger is smoother, as you told me > thank you You already found out, but anyway: Apple has been replacing emulation code by native code up to Tiger, and that’s the fastest OS X of all. In later versions, additions have started to make things slower again. Also, a lot of software requires a mini

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-28 Thread Mullin9
> IMHO Tiger is the smoothest, best optimized version of OS X. Snow > Leopard may be as good or better but I've never used it and you can't > use it either on your iMac. > Tiger is smoother, as you told me thank you -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-28 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/25 21:25, Mullin9 so eloquently wrote: iMac G4 800, one that is made in 2002, it came with Mac OS 10.2.4 it have 256 MB RAM, I added 512 MB RAM for the Total of 768 MB RAM. Should I use OS X.3 Panther (32 bit), the one that i already have. or X.4.11 Tiger (64 bit)? IMHO Tiger is th

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-28 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I would upgrade to 10.4. It has way more features and I doubt it will be that much slower. I am currently installing tiger on that exact machine. I will let you know how it does. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desk

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-28 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I would upgrade to 10.4. It has way more features and I doubt it will be that much slower. I am currently installing tiger on that exact machine. I will let you know how it does. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desk

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-28 Thread daniel . stewart743
Nov 2010 20:31:08 To: G-Group Reply-To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger Tiger have more features, but i find my G4 800 to be more responsive with 10.3 Panther, than with Tiger -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-25 Thread Mullin9
Tiger have more features, but i find my G4 800 to be more responsive with 10.3 Panther, than with Tiger -- 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://lowendm

iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-25 Thread Mullin9
iMac G4 800, one that is made in 2002, it came with Mac OS 10.2.4 it have 256 MB RAM, I added 512 MB RAM for the Total of 768 MB RAM. Should I use OS X.3 Panther (32 bit), the one that i already have. or X.4.11 Tiger (64 bit)? Tiger came in the G5 (64 Bit) era. whereas Panther came in later G4 (32