[G4] Question on upgrade for Mac G5

[Dan Behringer]

Thank you very much.
That's pretty much what I understood. But you stated it more elegantly and
more thoroughly.


On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Jim Scott <jescott3 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Oct 11, 2013, at 11:12 AM, Dan Behringer <dpbehringer21 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this. But please settle what I
> think is an obvious answer to this question -- will upgrading a Mac G4 or
> G5 for that matter to OS 10.5.8 "make it run faster"?
> > _______________________________________________
>
> The short answer is no. The longer short answer is that the minimum RAM
> requirement for OS X 10.5.x is roughly twice that required for OS X 10.4.x.
> So if you're running OS X 10.4.x and upgrade to OS X 10.5.x, you will need
> at minimum 512 MB RAM, which will let 10.5 run slower than 10.4. 1 GB of
> RAM will let 10.5 run about as fast as 10.4, and even more RAM will "make
> it run faster," but since 10.5 has more "overhead" than 10.4, you won't
> notice much of a speed improvement vs. 10.4 on the same machine.
>
> What 10.5 WILL do is extend the life of your G4 or G5 a little longer as
> far as using the Internet is concerned. Even then, it's not going to be
> long before 10.5 web browsing will become unsatisfactory as web site
> requirements continue to surpass the ability of G4 and G5 machines as well
> as the web browsers that will run on 10.5.
>
> Intel Macs have been around for almost 8 years now, so it's time to start
> looking for an Intel Mac and move at least into the OS X 10.6 world, which
> will let you run older PPC software via Rosetta as well as a more modern
> web browser.
>
> Jim Scott
>
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