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Leopard performance on G4 Powerbooks (early reports: excellent)
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I hear the speed difference is a lot less than the difference between £800 in your bank account and nothing
I hear the speed difference is a lot less than the difference between £800 in your bank account and nothing
Well i know its 1ghz faster but that doesnt mean anything.
to the OP, rpp3po
seeing as how there there is a good deal of interest in the advantages of upgrading to Leopard on PPC notebooks versus remaining with Tiger, I suggest that the thread title be changed to a more general "Leopard on G4 PowerBooks".
I feel it is important to have a common, easily-identifiable thread for all users considering the upgrade, both for technical support and the general consolidation of the die-hard PPC notebook sub-community.
seeing as how there there is a good deal of interest in the advantages of upgrading to Leopard on PPC notebooks versus remaining with Tiger, I suggest that the thread title be changed to a more general "Leopard on G4 PowerBooks".
I feel it is important to have a common, easily-identifiable thread for all users considering the upgrade, both for technical support and the general consolidation of the die-hard PPC notebook sub-community.
I think the same could be said of any hardware class, and I agree, some uniform location is needed to keep the threads and reactions from getting unwieldy.
I suggested this over at the site feedback forum... if any of you agree, be sure to say so.
And, definitely, can't wait for the UI to FLY on my 12 incher!
ricgnzlzcr's Imagination Tells Him To Not Install Leopard Instead Of Empirical Facts
Good luck with that reasoning.
Why do you even think that logic merits telling anyone? You are haunted by fantasies. Perhaps professional help is warranted?
I will definitely be installing it on my October 2003 1.25GHz PB with 2GB of RAM tomorrow and I am 100% certain it will run faster. There has never been a new OS X version that didn't run significantly faster than the previous version on all Macs. Do you ignore this historical fact as well?
So you are going to continue listening to your imagination instead of a physical world report?
Good luck with that reasoning. Why do you even think that logic merits telling anyone? You are haunted by fantasies. Perhaps professional help is warranted?
I will definitely be installing it on my October 2003 1.25GHz PB with 2GB of RAM tomorrow and I am 100% certain it will run faster. There has never been a new OS X version that didn't run significantly faster than the previous version on all Macs. Do you ignore this historical fact as well?
Hmm This thread is exciting! Didnt really consider sticking leopard on my iMac G4 but considering the report here I think i might invest in it... My iMac G4 is 1.25Ghz with 1Gb Ram so it should be pretty nice!
Max Out Your Old Mac's RAM to 2GB Everybody
1GB of ram will be a speed limiting factor. Pull the ram and replace with two 2GB sticks - about $140 for a Lamp Mac kit - for maximum performance.
i just recently decided to stay on the G4 mac's for a while longer. i expected leopard to run ok on G4 mac's. but when they excluded g4's with less than 800MHz i got a bit worried. but with your report it seems i'm fine. that gives my mac's 2 years more lifetime with the newest system.
it will be interesting to see if software developers eventually drop PPC support and require "Intel only".
it will be interesting to see if software developers eventually drop PPC support and require "Intel only".
i just recently decided to stay on the G4 mac's for a while longer. i expected leopard to run ok on G4 mac's. but when they excluded g4's with less than 800MHz i got a bit worried. but with your report it seems i'm fine. that gives my mac's 2 years more lifetime with the newest system.
it will be interesting to see if software developers eventually drop PPC support and require "Intel only".
well...it is poised to happen eventually...
and indeed the release of leopard might be the event that makes it happen.
however I hope for all the ppc owners that it won't.
byakuya
Well, we have only 1 data point so far and it's based on first impressions. So while many of us think the OP's input is highly encouraging, it is by no means conclusive. Time will tell how responsive Leopard is and how much of an overall system-wide speedup it provides. It's one thing to have faster versions of apps that are bundled with the OS, but quite another to have performance improvements in other apps you use every day.So you are going to continue listening to your imagination instead of a physical world report?
Did You Accomplish The NON-Transparent Menu With Preferences or A Hack?
If a hack please explain or link to the explanation please.
What did you have to do to make that happen? Is it in preferences somewhere or did you have to do an esoteric hack?
If a hack please explain or link to the explanation please.
So you are going to continue listening to your imagination instead of a physical world report?
Why do you even think that logic merits telling anyone? You are haunted by fantasies. Perhaps professional help is warranted?
I will definitely be installing it on my October 2003 1.25GHz PB with 2GB of RAM tomorrow and I am 100% certain it will run faster. There has never been a new OS X version that didn't run significantly faster than the previous version on all Macs. Do you ignore this historical fact as well?
Calm down champ. First, don't be rude. Second, I'm merely saying that I'm waiting for more reports because while I'm very excited at the news so far I know it's not the be all and end all of user experience just yet. It won't hurt for me to evaluate after more users pick up their copies. It's just the way I handle all my decisions and I would respect you if you respected that instead of making me out to be the person who says 1+1=3. Good luck with your installation of leopard Multimedia. I'll definitely hope you post your experience with it to help anyone feeling reluctant to upgrade.
it's not "1GHz PPC" that's relevant. It's "1GHz G4". A Core 2 Duo will destroy a G4 at the same clock speed 99% of the time (that last % is things like RC5 that are perfectly suited to Altivec).
So yeah, Leopard should be quick on Intel Macs too.
As I have written earlier in this thread I haven't changed or hacked anything. Probably Leopard adopts automatically to lower spec'ed machines.
As I have also written earlier, performance is already excellent with 768 MB. That is for browsing, iPhoto, and iTunes. For Photoshop et al more is probably better.
As I have also written earlier, performance is already excellent with 768 MB. That is for browsing, iPhoto, and iTunes. For Photoshop et al more is probably better.
Problem is 12-inch Powerbook like mine. 1.5 GHZ G4, but maxes out at 1.25 GB of memory.