Latest cat for my mac.....?

[Mactronic]

I have G4 powerbook 17"/ 1gig + 512mb, (non-intel)
I've been running 10.2.8 since I first bought it a few years ago and I want to get the most recent osx version that will run on my computer.
Is it tiger?....10.4.....? Or is it Leopard?
Will upgrading my memory from 512mb to uhmmm...whatever the upgrade is,
help with the newer version of osx?
Please help.
Thanks

 

[GimmeSlack12]

What is the clock speed of your computer? If its over 1.25 GHz I would say just upgrade the to the max (hopefully 1.5 Gb) and you should be ok with 10.5 (Leopard). Otherwise, even though the minimum clock speed for Leopard is 867 MHz, I would still say go with Tiger (and still max out that RAM!!!).

 

[iToaster]

It should run Leopard OK, maybe up it to 2 GBs of RAM, but you will notice a little slow down (more or less, depending on the speed of your PowerBook).

 

[Mactronic]

clock speed?

I'm not sure what clock speed is. It has 1ghz and 512mb....does that help?

I am pretty sure it can be upped to 1 gb of ram...from 512.
As far as upping from 1ghz....as far as I know that is not possible.
Does anyone know any different?

 

[iToaster]

Ah, 1 GHz, you can still upgrade to 2 GBs of RAM, but you might not want to go with Leopard. Sure you're faster than the minimum requirement, but you won't like the slowdown on your slower-end-of-the-spectrum machine, so I'd say it'd be best if you just go with Tiger.

 

[Mactronic]

....Toaster...are you sure....?

Are you sure I can go to 2gb of ram?
As far as I know I can only go to 1gb of ram from 512mb.
If 2gb ram is possible?...how?

 

[richard.mac]

maximum RAM is 1 GB http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/stats/powerbook_g4_1.0_17.html so upgrade to that. it will run Leopard fine as im currently using 1 GB (my 512 MB stick died). but maybe Tiger would perform better so use that if your not after Leopard's new features.

 

[Mactronic]

adopt a cat?

Is there anywhere I can get a free tiger?

 

[richard.mac]

sorry, no you will have to buy a retail version of Tiger that will install on all Macs http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Mac-Tiger-10-4-6-VERSION/dp/B000BWZZLG as your Mac did not come with Tiger.

here is a guide on installing Mac OS X on your Mac (same for 10.4).

make sure you update to 10.4.11 with Software Update after installing.