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Leopard vs. Tiger

Davy.Shalom

Davy.Shalom

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Dec 23, 2008
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Hey guys, I think my PowerBook G4 is in need of software upgrade, and I also have a few questions.
1) Is Leopard more secure than Tiger when it comes to viruses attacking apps? (dummy question)
2) About how much battery life can I expect out of leopard with A NEW (brand new, got a couple weeks ago), calibrated battery (specs on PB in signature)
3) Will the PowerBook lag horribly?
-I run about 5-15 apps at a time
firefox, mail, iTunes, garageband, photoshop 7, iPhoto, Word, Adium, burn, carbon copy cloner, remote windows desktop, iCal AT LEAST every day
4) How does the iPhoto that comes with iLife 08 work on PPC machines?
 
Davy.Shalom said:
Hey guys, I think my PowerBook G4 is in need of software upgrade, and I also have a few questions.
1) Is Leopard more secure than Tiger when it comes to viruses attacking apps? (dummy question)
2) About how much battery life can I expect out of leopard with A NEW (brand new, got a couple weeks ago), calibrated battery (specs on PB in signature)
3) Will the PowerBook lag horribly?
-I run about 5-15 apps at a time
firefox, mail, iTunes, garageband, photoshop 7, iPhoto, Word, Adium, burn, carbon copy cloner, remote windows desktop, iCal AT LEAST every day
4) How does the iPhoto that comes with iLife 08 work on PPC machines?
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1. Yes, very much more secure with viruses, etc.
2. You should get around 4 hrs, depends on how much you have used your PowerBook.
3. Depends on how much memory you have. 1GB- Yes, 2GB-Maybe, 4GB over- No.
4. It works pretty good. I have an eMac, and it runs okay. 1GB RAM.
 
Davy.Shalom said:
1) Is Leopard more secure than Tiger when it comes to viruses attacking apps? (dummy question)
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Leopard will get more software and security updates than Tiger from now on, so it will be more secure and future proof in this aspect.

Davy.Shalom said:
2) About how much battery life can I expect out of leopard with A NEW (brand new, got a couple weeks ago), calibrated battery (specs on PB in signature)
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Most likely 3-4 hours.

Davy.Shalom said:
3) Will the PowerBook lag horribly?
-I run about 5-15 apps at a time
firefox, mail, iTunes, garageband, photoshop 7, iPhoto, Word, Adium, burn, carbon copy cloner, remote windows desktop, iCal AT LEAST every day
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Unfortunately the processor will show it's age a bit here, if you run all of those programs at the same time it will lag. If you close everything else when using Photoshop, Garageband, or other big apps it will help to mitigate that however.

Davy.Shalom said:
4) How does the iPhoto that comes with iLife 08 work on PPC machines?
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It should run ok, maybe a bit slow but manageable.
 
Thanks for your quick feedback. Yeah I think I'll buy Leopard now just so I have it when I want to upgrade. I want to see, borrow, use a 12" Powerbook with the same specs as mine with leopard on it. I'll find a friend who has one. Leopard thrives on the Intel processors, but it probably isn't that bad on PPC. I'll see.
 
Davy.Shalom said:
Thanks for your quick feedback. Yeah I think I'll buy Leopard now just so I have it when I want to upgrade. I want to see, borrow, use a 12" Powerbook with the same specs as mine with leopard on it. I'll find a friend who has one. Leopard thrives on the Intel processors, but it probably isn't that bad on PPC. I'll see.
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I'm running a 1.25 Ghz. eMac PPC at home with 1GB of RAM. It is not really slow, but when I open up 5 or more apps it starts getting laggy. I would recommend Leopard, because it is a great upgrade. Now I'm just waiting on Snow Leopard :p.
 
Why dont you get leopard from other sources first and give it a try. If it works you can purchase it
 
Hey manram, you won't be able to run Snowleopard on your PPC. They are dropping support with 10.6. I thought you should know.
 
manram said:
I'm running a 1.25 Ghz. eMac PPC at home with 1GB of RAM. It is not really slow, but when I open up 5 or more apps it starts getting laggy. I would recommend Leopard, because it is a great upgrade. Now I'm just waiting on Snow Leopard :p.
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Snow Leopard, from the start (Developers seeds) is Intel Macs only. PPC machine will top out at Leopard. Maybe, just maybe, Apple might introduce PPC support of Snow Leo, but, its unlikely.
 
Leopard has a lot of features Tiger doesn't have that make it worth the upgrade. Quick Look, Spaces, and Time Machine are three features Leopard has that I wouldn't want to do without.

I had a dual-1GHz G4 PowerMac that I upgraded from 10.1 all the way through to 10.5. Each iteration of OS X actually seemed faster up until Leopard; Leopard seems, on average, about as fast or very slightly slower than Tiger on the same hardware.
 
risenphoenixkai said:
Leopard has a lot of features Tiger doesn't have that make it worth the upgrade. Quick Look, Spaces, and Time Machine are three features Leopard has that I wouldn't want to do without.

I had a dual-1GHz G4 PowerMac that I upgraded from 10.1 all the way through to 10.5. Each iteration of OS X actually seemed faster up until Leopard; Leopard seems, on average, about as fast or very slightly slower than Tiger on the same hardware.
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Ew you used 10.1? =-x
 
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