Bronze Powerbook G3 - Which version of OS X

[Cromulent]

I seem to remember that the latest version of OS X that the Bronze Powerbooks could run was Panther (10.3) is this true? Or can I run Tiger on it? It's the 333Mhz model with 192Mb of RAM and a 4GB HDD.

I'm keen to use Xcode 2 until I get my Mac Pro. Any help is appreciated .

 

[Warbrain]

I wouldn't run Tiger on it with that size HDD anyway. Panther would be best for that machine, anyway. That's what my Pismo ran before it totally died.

 

[Cromulent]

Oki dokie, thanks for the advice.

 

[gr8tfly]

Looks like 10.3.9 is the latest.

But - XPostfacto will allow you to install 10.4

Info: http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/Framework.cfm?page=XPostFacto.html

Have fun!

 

[exoriare]

Yeah I've been running 10.3.9 on a 6Gb Pismo with no real problems. I'm just about to upgrade, but just out of curiosity if I did install Tiger would I still be able to run Classic?

 

[deadpixels]

Yeah I've been running 10.3.9 on a 6Gb Pismo with no real problems. I'm just about to upgrade, but just out of curiosity if I did install Tiger would I still be able to run Classic?

i did a google search and it seems classic is unstable and buggy under tiger, if you need classic i would not upgrade if i were you.

 

[Warbrain]

i did a google search and it seems classic is unstable and buggy under tiger, if you need classic i would not upgrade if i were you.

Classic isn't buggy under Tiger. It's just as stable as it always has been.

 

[Sawtoothdude]

I would go with 10.3 because 10.4 runs slow under my iBook that has a faster processor and more ram. i have a 466 with 320MB.

 

[Cromulent]

Yeah I tried it out and 10.3 with the developer tools left me with about 1GB of HDD space left and constant RAM swapping so I guess 10.4 is out of the question for the time being.

Anyway, thanks for the help and advice .