Which OS would be best for my iMac G4

[isshdz]

Hello, friends!

I recently bought an iMac G4 from eBay and I was wondering which OS would be best for the machine (Tiger or Leopard). It's not going to be used as a main computer, I only got it for nostalgic reasons. I guess what I would like to accomplish with this iMac is minimum internet browsing, the typical e-mail checking, YouTube and perhaps a little social media such as FaceBook.

The machine currently has Tiger installed.

Also, would Google Chrome even be possible to install?

 

[louishen]

Tiger is fine for that G4

Chrome wont run as far as I know, but tenfourfox creates up to date builds of a Firefox based browser for G4s

http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/

 

[dtravis7]

What is the speed of the CPU? If it's over 867 Mhz Leopard will run but if not, stick with Tiger. Tiger is probably your best bet like Louishen said.

 

[isshdz]

Thank you for that website, it is most usefull!

The speed of the CPU is at 700Mhz, I think I'm going to stick with Tiger.

Thanks friends, y'all are great!

 

[harryb2448]

Makes not much difference - Tiger is as far as you can go with a 700MHz processor natively.

 

[alicepattinson]

Tiger is really great, just make sure that a PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processoris running at 300 MHz or faster