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10.4 on an iBook G3

mad jew said:
How much RAM do you have? I don't think the upgrade would be worth it for you, you'll notice a severe slow down IMO.
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I dont think so, I just used a 366 iBook for a Powerpoint Presentation about 20 minutes ago and 10.4 runs fine I also have it on a 400MhZ B&W and it runs fine I would do it.
 
I think Tiger will do fine on a 700MHz G3. It all depends on how much you need/want the new features.
 
If you have a Radeon 7500 on it you're REALLY set. Quartz Extreme is a must on older machines. It really makes GUI transitions and video smoother.
 
I just recently maxed out my wife's iBook g3 700mhz ram, and it runs like a champ. I'm actually considering selling my new iBook G4 because the G3 should be plenty for my use.
 
Eidorian said:
If you have a Radeon 7500 on it you're REALLY set. Quartz Extreme is a must on older machines. It really makes GUI transitions and video smoother.
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mine was the model right before the 7500 series >.<
can you explain Quartz Extreme?
 
cnakeitaro said:
mine was the model right before the 7500 series >.<
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Exposé won't look as pretty and it'll be sluggish. I used a iBook G3 500 and it was fine under 10.3.9 and 384 MB of RAM.

I love using 10.4.3 on my Power Mac G3 450 and it only has PCI graphics.
 
Tiger runs fine on a 400 MHz Pismo, ie. PowerBook G3, with 512 MB RAM, so it should be just fine on a 700 MHz G3 iBook with 640 MB RAM, IMO. Just go easy on widgets and remember to keep a good 6-8 GB free HD space for virtual memory... :)
 
Just to clarify, If you already have a licence for Tiger then install it by all means but if you're thinking of buying a retail version then I really don't think it'd be worth the extra costs.
 
cnakeitaro said:
can you explain Quartz Extreme?
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I forgot this last time.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quartzextreme/

Quartz Extreme

Starting with Mac OS X v10.2, Quartz Compositor was extended by Quartz Extreme, which uses OpenGL to render screen displays faster by presenting them as textures within a 3D OpenGL context. This permits faster compositing of screen images using 3D hardware acceleration.
To use Quartz Extreme, the Macintosh must have a graphics card with support for arbitrary texture dimensions and a minimum of 16 MB of VRAM. In practice, this means either an nVidia, or ATI Radeon graphics card using an AGP or PCI Express slot.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_Extreme
 
mad jew said:
Just to clarify, If you already have a licence for Tiger then install it by all means but if you're thinking of buying a retail version then I really don't think it'd be worth the extra costs.
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Here I'd tend to agree. It's important to keep in mind that many of the new features in Tiger (Dashboard & Spotlight, for instance) work best when on fast hardware. And given how much ram widgets take up, you might end up swapping to disk more often than in Panther. 10.3 was a a solid release, so make sure the benefits outweigh any potential downsides.
 
Ive been using 10.4 on my iBook G3 (500MHz, 640 MB Ram) for quite a while now. I never ran 10.3 on it so I cant really compare it. For most needs (Safari, Mail, Adium) it is sufficient. Dashboard works, but is not smoothe at all. Same for expose.
 
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