[G4] LEOPARD WARNING

[Eric Smith]

I see *no* appreciable performance difference between Leopard and Tiger
on my Power Mac G4 Sawtooth, with 1.0 GHz CPU, 1.3 GB RAM, and 1.5 Gbps
SATA drive.

Leopard is a memory hog compared to Tiger; if you have less than 1 GB
RAM, especially if it's as low as 512 MB, then I could believe you would
see a noticeable performance loss.

It's true that the most unfortunate consequence of upgrading to Leopard
is the loss of Classic mode. I keep a separate Tiger partition and boot
that if I need to run Classic, which is rare for me. But someone who
depends heavily on Classic apps should think seriously about whether
Leopard is worth it, or investigate Sheepshaver (which I looked at but
decided it was too much trouble and too much of a hack to bother with).

Eric S.

Robert H. Baucom wrote:
> 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