Upgrade question?

jacatone · jacatone #1 (**permalink**)

01-10-2010, 03:26 PM

Can an iMac G4 which currently has OSX.2, Jaguar be upgraded to the latest or near latest version? Thanks.

vansmith · vansmith #2 (**permalink**)

01-10-2010, 03:31 PM

Snow Leopard doesn't support PowerPC Macs (such as yours) so the highest you can go is Leopard. What are the specs of your machine?

Mac Pro · Mac Pro #3 (**permalink**)

01-10-2010, 06:13 PM

You'll be able to go up to leopard, but not snow leopard. Depending on the specs of your machine, it may not be a good idea to upgrade as your machine might not run as fast.

ZorroAMG · ZorroAMG #4 (**permalink**)

01-10-2010, 06:15 PM

I'd go to tiger on that machine, that's about it.

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #5 (**permalink**)

01-10-2010, 09:17 PM

With Jaguar it probably came out with the minimum ram as was Apples practice, so to run Tiger and a few apps etc i would want at least 768 of ram.

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jacatone #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 04, 2007 Posts: 20	01-10-2010, 03:26 PM Can an iMac G4 which currently has OSX.2, Jaguar be upgraded to the latest or near latest version? Thanks.
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ZorroAMG #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 23, 2005 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 522 Mac Specs: \| '09 24" iMac 3.06 8GB \| '09 iPhone 3GS 32GB \| '09 ATV 1.16TB \| '07 23" ACD \| '06 15" MBP \|	01-10-2010, 06:15 PM I'd go to tiger on that machine, that's about it.
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Collin Bl #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 07, 2009 Location: Napier NZ Posts: 3,273 Mac Specs: 27 iMac i5, 2.4 C2D MBP & iMac 20, 1TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4	01-10-2010, 09:17 PM With Jaguar it probably came out with the minimum ram as was Apples practice, so to run Tiger and a few apps etc i would want at least 768 of ram.
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