Leopard is the third best thing that has happened to my Powerbook. Right after one and two which were maxing out ram and and adding a larger hard drive 
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Leopard: Is it really that bad?
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Granted I haven't been posting here long, but... is that guy supposed to be the MacRumors court jester, or what?
Hrm...
I see a point in that argument, as Apple's divorce from the AIM-alliance PPC platform was quite final at that stage.
OTOH, Apple/OS X was having an 'affair' with intel through all those years of a seemingly devoted marriage to PPC (10.010.4).
In fact, I strongly suspect OS X has secret affairs with some non-intel platform even now (first guess: ARM)...
Sure, there's no chance of the intel-specific architectural changes in SL to have been made to a PPC version of SL, but I suspect many of the other changes in SL were tinkered with on a PPC platform.
RGDS,
I'd tend to agree with this (but everyone thinks I'm a luddite anyway so...), but I admit I've had only limited experience with ML (tried it on a friend's computer) and it seems like a rehashed Lion. My main computer is a 3.1 MP, which offered me a wide range of OS's to use (Leopard-ML) and I selected SL.
My mobile workhorse is a Early 2011 MBP (which I bought new, thinking it would come with SL) and Lion has been a major pain for me (legacy software, and school infrastructure (=SMB)) and If I can't unload it for a decent price, I'll cram 10.6.8 on it somehow...
Also, 10.6. is (In my experience) a lot more memory efficient. The MBP running lion usually works through my 8 GB in half a day of work, the MP (also using 8 GB) on SL has not yet come close to filling up the RAM (eventhough I use heavier software on the workstation).
RGDS,
I'm actually getting a 6-month-old laptop to use for work which I believe has Windows 8 installed on it. I was planning on going down to Windows 7, but I'll give it a shot first to see how it runs. So long as I can avoid the Metro start screen, I think I can manage.
No. He's just this guy that thinks that everything's possible. That you can run Mountain Lion on PowerPC with a VM. That you can put any graphics card on a PowerMac G5 and have it work with his 'special decompiler'. I think he's just an attention-hungry troll.
Well, technically it is possible, If ****ing nasa decided to start using powermacs again!!!!!!!!
Isn't that the truth! Well, I did read NASA uses G3's in their land rovers for moon explorations I think.
ha my g3 is faster than nasas computer
I feel special
Your G3 wouldn't be able to work outside of Earth's atmosphere. The CPU in the Martian rovers are RAD chips that have been radiation hardened. Just like the i486 in the Hubble telescope.
So, why did they use a g3 chip anyway? was it a used chip or are g3s still being manufactured
10 years project, G3 was selected among others. It must be a custom made G3. Changing to another chip is too expensive and would require another 10 years of research/development
Leopard rocks! And I just got an email about someone telling that 'Leopard will eventually be like using Mac OS 9' well, Linux on PPC feels worst than Mac OS 9
Regards,
You shouldn't have any problems installing SL on your early 2011 MBP. It is the mid 2011, that will not run SL.
10 years project, G3 was selected among others. It must be a custom made G3. Changing to another chip is too expensive and would require another 10 years of research/development
Leopard rocks! And I just got an email about someone telling that 'Leopard will eventually be like using Mac OS 9' well, Linux on PPC feels worst than Mac OS 9
Regards,
oh ok thanks I just learned more than I did at school today
It would be horrendous if we were stuck at tigerLeopard is a fine OS! If we think about it as XP vx. Leopard, Leopard still has the UI of a very modern OS. Except for a tiny Dock change, a Leopard Mac looks alot like a Mountain Lion mac!
Even though its old, it still works. Being stuck at Leopard isn't too bad. If PPC users were stuck at Tiger however, it would be worse.
Leopard is my second favourite OS, after SL.
Wow, he's still here? eff off!
I h8 win8! *chants*
If your MBP gets to warm that your hands sweat when using it, I'd suggest opening it up, taking out the fan, and pulling all the dust off of the heatsink. It's very easy, and helped me alot.
You're not the only one who feels like 10.6+ have been WHORING around... *glares at ARM*
I get that feeling every day on here.
I think you mean they're both UNIX based operating systems.
They are different products of the same tools so to speak
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Hmm I have been having some mild performance issues using a GTX 690 in my Power Mac...
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Sure, it's far more efficient and modern than 7.
Only thing is doing the same things takes 10 times longer, because you have to swim through a sea of "tablety" menus to get anywhere. I use my Windows rig for gaming and using steam, modding, accessing control panel? Frustrating and slow. It's not just the learning curve. My transition from Windows to OSX took me I'd say at most 2 weeks to learn almost everything I needed and after that I could find everything quickly. After 4 months of Windows 8, I downgraded. IMO, 7 is the best version of Windows Microsoft has shipped to date.
Just my experience.
So, I've been toldI think you mean they're both UNIX based operating systems.
They are different products of the same tools so to speak
I think you mean they're both UNIX based operating systems.
They are different products of the same tools so to speak
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Hmm I have been having some mild performance issues using a GTX 690 in my Power Mac...
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Sure, it's far more efficient and modern than 7.
Only thing is doing the same things takes 10 times longer, because you have to swim through a sea of "tablety" menus to get anywhere. I use my Windows rig for gaming and using steam, modding, accessing control panel? Frustrating and slow. It's not just the learning curve. My transition from Windows to OSX took me I'd say at most 2 weeks to learn almost everything I needed and after that I could find everything quickly. After 4 months of Windows 8, I downgraded. IMO, 7 is the best version of Windows Microsoft has shipped to date.
Just my experience.
You haven't read the part where I said it was the best with Iobits Startmenu 8 installed. To each his own though... or something like that.
eyoungren said:So, I've been told
Atleast you won't be forgetting anytime soon
Absolutely true, but there is no way to get an installation medium post 10.6.6 (minimum requiment), except for the grey DVD of another early 2011 MBP (which I have tried to procure).
When you buy snow leopard from apple, it's 10.6.3.
RGDS,
No, I won't, LOL!!!You haven't read the part where I said it was the best with Iobits Startmenu 8 installed. To each his own though... or something like that.
Atleast you won't be forgetting anytime soon
I used my C2D iMac to install it on a partition, on my 2011 MBP, then I booted the iMac to that partition, and updated to 10.6.6.