On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote:
> The newest OS X that runs on it is 10.5.x "Leopard". Snow Leopard, Lion > and currently Mountain Lion have been released since. > > Check out what's going on in Linux for PPC. I dunno if that's stagnated > since the biggest producer of computers with PowerPC CPUs switched to Intel. > > <snip> > Leopard is two or three versions old --- but this isn't the same kind of "old" that previous versions of OS X, it's the end of the line of PowerPC. People like myself collect PowerPC (and 603/G3s) and run OS X and OS9 on them. IN fact my main machine is a TiBook 500 running OS9. You've got TenFourFox, GIMP, the iWork/iLife series of apps....tons of apps still work in 10.4 and 10.5. In fact, at the end of the day, these machines allow you to do pretty much everything from websurfing, to Java development (once you upgrade to Java 1.5). OS9 is a different story, but Classilla is at least a new-ish and actively developed browser for OS9. Yes -- these computers are old. Yes -- the software is old. But if you used Pages to type docuemnts three years ago, you shouldn't have an issue still doing that today. PowerPC forever! -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
