I have a question. I have an Ibook G3 600MHZ w/ 256MB RAM. It's running 10.4.11. I'm wanting to use my Ibook at the best of it's ability. Should I take it back to 2001 and install 10.1 and use all the original stuff it came with. Would it make it faster? I don't mind living in the past, i am just wondering if running it on Tiger like I am slows it down.
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Ibook G3 question?
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Most definitely don't run 10.1 over 10.4.
Any speed "gains" would be negated by the inability to run any modern software on the laptop. A 600mhz G3 iBook isn't going to be THAT fast no matter what OS you're running on it, especially if you compare to anything modern/currently being sold. My 800mhz G4 iBook was running 10.3.9 as I hadn't upgraded to Tiger back when it came out because I said "meh, I'll get by okay on Panther." Even on 10.3.9, quite a few apps are unavailable due to 10.4 being the minimum requirements for the newer versions of the software.
Any speed "gains" would be negated by the inability to run any modern software on the laptop. A 600mhz G3 iBook isn't going to be THAT fast no matter what OS you're running on it, especially if you compare to anything modern/currently being sold. My 800mhz G4 iBook was running 10.3.9 as I hadn't upgraded to Tiger back when it came out because I said "meh, I'll get by okay on Panther." Even on 10.3.9, quite a few apps are unavailable due to 10.4 being the minimum requirements for the newer versions of the software.
I ran a G3 for a while, and I can tell you that you should definitely stay with Tiger. An OS reinstall never hurts either, but definitely don't even bother using anything before 10.4.
