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ibook G4 - Leopard or Tiger?

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JHNguyen

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Apr 14, 2006
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whoops, I meant PANTHER or Tiger

Hey,
I've got a ibook 1.2 ghz w/ 1.25 gigs of ram. I'm going to be using it for school. Just some word processing, email/internet, and music. It came with panther and it has the latest updates..

Is it worth it to get Tiger for it? Will I notice a huge difference? Things are alright now, but I'm used to my MBP zipping through everything. I know it won't ever be as zippy as the MBP, but will Tiger make a huge difference?
 
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SoLibertyDies

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Oct 16, 2006
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JHNguyen said:
Hey,
I've got a ibook 1.2 ghz w/ 1.25 gigs of ram. I'm going to be using it for school. Just some word processing, email/internet, and music. It came with Leopard and it has the latest updates..

Is it worth it to get Tiger for it? Will I notice a huge difference? Things are alright now, but I'm used to my MBP zipping through everything. I know it won't ever be as zippy as the MBP, but will Tiger make a huge difference?
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Um, are you talking about downgrading to Tiger or did you just mix up your words?

from what I hear Leopard is faster on G4's and makes them much snappier.
 
Santabean2000

Santabean2000

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Nov 20, 2007
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Tiger is worth the upgrade from Panther. But why stop there, get Leopard.

I have Leopard running on a 1GHz 512RAM iBook and it's adequate, just. Perhaps with your higher specs Leopard could be your best option.

Edit: Leopard definitely not snappier than Tiger on a low end machine.
 
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