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Switcher Hangout (Windows to Mac)
Switching to Mac. Not sure what to look for.
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<blockquote data-quote="joshbrez" data-source="post: 406388" data-attributes="member: 26453"><p>Welcome to MacForums, brycematheson71! Let me give a shot at answering some of these questions. Others, I think, will quickly chime in with more detailed answers, but this can be a general response.</p><p></p><p>If you can get a white iBook G4 in your price range on eBay, that would probably be your best bet for what you're looking for. OSX 10.4 Tiger will be able to run on a G4 for sure. G3s, to my knowledge, generally are successful with Tiger as well, and oftentimes even perform better than when they had older versions of OSX installed, at least from what I've read. Unfortunately, I don't know the exact requirements for Tiger off the top of my head, but I'm confident that one of our wise forum members here has an idea.</p><p></p><p>In terms of differences, OSX 10.3 Panther lacks several of the applications that Tiger has, most notably the search tool Spotlight. This is a very useful tool, enough by itself for me to recommend Tiger. Other useful features include the Dashboard, for running desktop widgets, and Automator, for streamlining tasks. All in all, dozens of new features were added between 10.3 and 10.4. My advice is, if you can run 10.4, do so!</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps! I'm sure others will chime in as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joshbrez, post: 406388, member: 26453"] Welcome to MacForums, brycematheson71! Let me give a shot at answering some of these questions. Others, I think, will quickly chime in with more detailed answers, but this can be a general response. If you can get a white iBook G4 in your price range on eBay, that would probably be your best bet for what you're looking for. OSX 10.4 Tiger will be able to run on a G4 for sure. G3s, to my knowledge, generally are successful with Tiger as well, and oftentimes even perform better than when they had older versions of OSX installed, at least from what I've read. Unfortunately, I don't know the exact requirements for Tiger off the top of my head, but I'm confident that one of our wise forum members here has an idea. In terms of differences, OSX 10.3 Panther lacks several of the applications that Tiger has, most notably the search tool Spotlight. This is a very useful tool, enough by itself for me to recommend Tiger. Other useful features include the Dashboard, for running desktop widgets, and Automator, for streamlining tasks. All in all, dozens of new features were added between 10.3 and 10.4. My advice is, if you can run 10.4, do so! Hope this helps! I'm sure others will chime in as well. [/QUOTE]
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