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PowerBook G4 12in OS restore
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1514790" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>With a computer this old...at this point...it's best to just max. out the ram.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Tiger (10.4) vs. Leopard (10.5) is both a ram and a cpu speed thing. To run well...Leopard requires more ram than Tiger...AND the 867mhz cpu your Powerbook has is the absolute minimum cpu speed (according to Apple) that supports Leopard. And as many experienced computing folks know...if the computer only meets the min. requirements...it usually doesn't run well.</p><p></p><p>Leopard will run...and you will have access to slightly more modern internet browsers & other things...but it will just run "painfully" slow. Tiger will run faster...and be a better experience. And since you're only running OS 10.2 at the moment. OS 10.4 "Tiger" will still be a big upgrade.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1514790, member: 56379"] With a computer this old...at this point...it's best to just max. out the ram. The Tiger (10.4) vs. Leopard (10.5) is both a ram and a cpu speed thing. To run well...Leopard requires more ram than Tiger...AND the 867mhz cpu your Powerbook has is the absolute minimum cpu speed (according to Apple) that supports Leopard. And as many experienced computing folks know...if the computer only meets the min. requirements...it usually doesn't run well. Leopard will run...and you will have access to slightly more modern internet browsers & other things...but it will just run "painfully" slow. Tiger will run faster...and be a better experience. And since you're only running OS 10.2 at the moment. OS 10.4 "Tiger" will still be a big upgrade.:) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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