[G4] LEOPARD WARNING

[Robert H. Baucom]

WARNING before you install Leopard on your G4.
A RESELLER IN SAN DIEGO HAS INFORMED ME THAT LEOPARD SLOWS DOWN ALL G4's
Except the eMac (for some strange reason).
Others (hearsay) have told me the same thing.

I know of some very Mac Astute persons that have retained OS10.3.9
so that they can run their (what was then) Terribly Expensive Apps on  
OS9.2.2.
One designer told me that he didn't have the time to learn another  
version
and it's short cuts, so he sticks with the OS9.2 CAD programs and  
such (plus you
can buy them for 10 cents on the dollar).

I'll have to agree with that in theory. I had apps in OS9 (with all  
the MACROS that went away
with OSX) that I was at least 30% faster. I'm retired, so now I  
don''t give a ... hoot?

RHB

On Jan 5, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Eric Wood wrote:

> Am 05.01.2009 um 13:53 schrieb Mike Bechtold:
>
>> Gentleman and ladies, please...
>>
>> The gentleman in question has apologized for his
>> texting-style English multiple times. Let's keep
>> this a civil forum, and the focus on helping each
>> other use our Mac's.
>>
>> Robert: I've read that there is a bug in 10.4 and
>> below that prevents a PPC with a USB card from
>> sleeping. The bug was purportedly fixed with Leopard.
>> Did the problem show up before or after the USB card
>> was installed?
>>
>> - Michael B. in Cincinnati
>
> Re: Language, I think it's remained civil so far. I've seen no  
> attacks, just opinions being stated.
>
> Re: G5 power issues, my own Digital Audio has had an issue with  
> shutting itself off mysteriously when using a Radeon 9800 Pro AGP  
> card which may be some kind of PC-to-Mac flash job. I just know the  
> problem went away by switching back to the computer's original AGP  
> Rage 128. As for sleep, this system never does that. I keep it busy  
> at all times. It does have a USB 2.0 card, though, so now I wonder  
> whether it would have issues. It runs OS 10.4.11.
>
> And I'm thinking of upgrading it to Leopard once my recently  
> purchased DVD arrives. Do ye know if I should expect any problems  
> doing an in-place upgrade like that? The main problem I face is  
> having a 500 GB drive without much back-up space available.
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