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Ram amount needed to Upgrading to Tiger from Panther

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I need to upgrade to Tiger from Panther on my ibook G4 1.07
I have 384 MBs Ram presently on it. How much more Ram will I need to run Tiger and what should I buy and where?

thanks for your help.
I can't afford to upgrade to a Mac book at present although I would very much like too.

More409
 
More409 said:
I need to upgrade to Tiger from Panther on my ibook G4 1.07
I have 384 MBs Ram presently on it. How much more Ram will I need to run Tiger and what should I buy and where?

thanks for your help.
I can't afford to upgrade to a Mac book at present although I would very much like too.

More409
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It might not sound much, but what you have isn't actually too bad. My friend does it on his iBook with 256MB of RAM. However it really helps to turn off the dashboard, as it does use a bit of RAM, even when not in use or open. To do this, open Terminal, and use the following commands:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES

This tells the system that you no longer wish to have Dashboard available. However, the Dashboard task is actually “owned” by the Dock, so to make your changes take effect, you need to restart the Dock. The easiest way to do that is to type this command into the Terminal (and press Return when done):


killall Dock


After the Dock restarts, hit F12 and you’ll see…nothing at all. If you run Activity Monitor, you also won’t find any Dashboard widgets in the list of tasks, even if you had several open when you ran the above command. Dashboard has been eliminated from your system, and won’t return until you tell it to do so. You can do just that by opening Terminal again, and typing this command:


defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO


Once again, you’ll have to use the


killall Dock


command to make the changes take effect. Once you do, though, you’ll find that Dashboard is back as usual—and any widgets you had opened on the Dashboard will still be open.
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tristangage said:
It might not sound much, but what you have isn't actually too bad. My friend does it on his iBook with 256MB of RAM. However it really helps to turn off the dashboard, as it does use a bit of RAM, even when not in use or open. To do this, open Terminal, and use the following commands:
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H'mm I a bit technologically challenged so I think that will be too difficult for me to do 😱

Earlier when I looked at System requirements for Downloading Tiger, mine didn't meet the requirements for RAM so I that is why I thought maybe I should try and purchase some more.
 
I agree with the poster above. Also, if you want to avoid using the terminal, try installing "main menu." It's an application for doing common maintenance like disk permissions, etc. It has an option to disable the dashboard. Best of luck on your install.
 
Upgrade that puppy to 1.25 gigs of ram! My dad has 768 mb on his identical ibook, and it runs tiger with no problems.
 
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