Can I upgrade Powerbook G4 from OS X 10.4 to 10.5 ?

[Raindawg]

I have a powerbook G4 1.67 GHz running on OS X 10.4.11 ... does anyone know if I can upgrade this to say 10.5 ?
thanks

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

Yes, if you purchase 10.5 (it won't show up in Software Update).

10.6 won't install on any PPC machine.

 

[Sky Blue]

yes

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

yes

I win!

 

[Raindawg]

Can I also upgrade internal hard drive ?

Thanks for the replies ...
I notice that ithinkergoimac has 250 Gb hard drive on a G4 1.5 GHz, so can I upgrade mine, and if so how do it ? I've got a alu G4 powerbook 1.67 GHz with 100 Gb HDD ...

thanks

 

[Sky Blue]

Lots of screws and lots of patience.

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

Lots of screws and lots of patience.

This is very true. You have to disassemble the computer to the point of taking the top case entirely off.

 

[jamswirl]

Don't do it.
I upgraded my powerbook g4 1.67ghz to 10.5 and it slooooooooooooowed it down.
You're better off enjoying 10.4 rather than fighting the boredom of 10.5 taking so long to load anything on that laptop.

 

[cal6n]

I put Leopard on my 1.67 and it ran just as well as Tiger. I would suggest that you max the RAM out to 2GB, though.

 

[MisterMe]

^Agreed. My brother runs Leopard on his PowerBook G4 without issue.

 

[joepunk]

Old thread by todays web standard but I just have to ask. I have around 15gigs left of HD space and would I be ok in installing Leopard or do I need more room? I'm using a Powerbook G4 1.5 with 2gb Ram and 80gig HD.