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No G3's can run Leopard?
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elfin buddy
macrumors 6502a
Wow, chill out, eh? I half expected that my G4 wouldn't be able to handle Leopard, but thankfully it can. This is what happens when computers get outdated...
yoda13
macrumors 65816
You are right, but (and I am completely guessing here because I don't know for sure) the G4 has altivec which probably makes a difference....
elfin buddy
macrumors 6502a
It's probably because it's an entirely different architecture that would take extra resources to support. They've gotta draw a line somewhere, and I guess it's unfortunate for you that they drew the line between G3 and G4.
Personally though, I don't think I'm going to bother upgrading my PowerBook to Leopard. Sure, it's a solid update, but nothing that I find particularly intriguing.
Personally though, I don't think I'm going to bother upgrading my PowerBook to Leopard. Sure, it's a solid update, but nothing that I find particularly intriguing.
dartzorichalcos
macrumors 65816
More information about the G4 and G3. The G3 lacks the Velocity Engine and that could be a reason why Leopard isn't supported.
sighed of relief.
I was hoping against hope that they would still support the G4. My machine will be 7.5 years old when 10.5 get released, that's a lot of machines that still run the latest OS, I know i'll need to buy a new mac soon, but that has helped to push it back a few more months.
I was hoping against hope that they would still support the G4. My machine will be 7.5 years old when 10.5 get released, that's a lot of machines that still run the latest OS, I know i'll need to buy a new mac soon, but that has helped to push it back a few more months.
My G4 will not run leopard either
My 550 mz G4 powerbook will not run 9A466, installer claims it needs at least 800 mz. I am very unhappy. xpostfacto did not help. Ideas welcome.
My 550 mz G4 powerbook will not run 9A466, installer claims it needs at least 800 mz. I am very unhappy. xpostfacto did not help. Ideas welcome.
Maybe installing it via target disk mode and a faster mac might work.
Wow 800mhz cuts out alot of the powermacs, and almost all of the tibooks. I gave my grandmother a 1ghz tibook so she could run all the programs/files from her old quadra. I was hoping it would run leopard.
Does that make the 1ghz tibook the fastest dual boot OS 9 and Leopard!
Wow 800mhz cuts out alot of the powermacs, and almost all of the tibooks. I gave my grandmother a 1ghz tibook so she could run all the programs/files from her old quadra. I was hoping it would run leopard.
Does that make the 1ghz tibook the fastest dual boot OS 9 and Leopard!
BornAgainMac
macrumors 604
ricgnzlzcr
macrumors 6502a
Wow, this really scares me a lot. I hope it's only for testing purposes that anything below 800 mhz won't work. I have a powermac cube and would love to run Leopard without buying a processor upgrade just yet.
dartzorichalcos
macrumors 65816
It seems that G3s (all) and G4s (800mhz and below) are not supported anymore with Leopard.
SkyBell
macrumors 604
Crap, my iBook g3 is 800 MHz. Oh well, I plan on skipping Leopard anyway, and it's not my main machine.
Wow. 800 mhz G4 is the latest requirement? That leaves out the lowest-end iMac G4s and eMacs. You'd think Apple would have required 700 mhz at the least. Oh well. Guess I won't be running Leopard on the Cube. Pity.
My guess is that it'll be possible to hack Leopard to run on slower G4s, but the G3 machines might present more of a challenge, if it's possible at all. If Altivec is a requirement, Tiger will likely be the last stop for G3s.
My guess is that it'll be possible to hack Leopard to run on slower G4s, but the G3 machines might present more of a challenge, if it's possible at all. If Altivec is a requirement, Tiger will likely be the last stop for G3s.
FF_productions
macrumors 68030
Why bother installing Leopard on a G3?
Leopard relies on a faster more up-to-date machine.
Sure Leopard is cool and has cool features, it is not worth it trying to push old hardware to use NEW software that was made for "Newer, Modern" hardware.
Leopard relies on a faster more up-to-date machine.
Sure Leopard is cool and has cool features, it is not worth it trying to push old hardware to use NEW software that was made for "Newer, Modern" hardware.
You have a G4, you are fine.
macjonny1
macrumors 6502a
I agree....I mean mac users have it sooooo good compared to windows. Look at vista requirements to run Aqua etc. Only the latest will do. You can run the current OS which is rock solid and excellent. I'm not sure what more you could expect....
My friends and me where messing around with a very similar iBook the other night. Using firewire drive and a motified OSXinstall.dist file in the Installer that removed the G3 limitation for installer.SOOO we found away to run leopard on a G3. Don't do it... Apps crash left and right. Safari 3.0 crashed at start up, Firefox seemed to run actually faster...weird. And even Opera crashed. We mounted a webcam and photo booth failed to recognize it. Many other problems. When we checked for updates, it found them... however when we tried to install the updated, the machine failed and completely shut off... HAHA. Time Machine worked. however, I did not try to back it up to anything. If you are bored and have nothing better to do, then I guess go for it. Otherwise I think Tiger should be perfectly fine. But whatevs..
Here is a similar story...
http://forum.macsales.com/viewtopic.php?t=2930&leopard
check it out.
If any one finds a way to get past the problems... let me know! I am just a bored college student trying to find some fun in life...haha
Here is a similar story...
http://forum.macsales.com/viewtopic.php?t=2930&leopard
check it out.
If any one finds a way to get past the problems... let me know! I am just a bored college student trying to find some fun in life...haha
iBook G3 runs Leopard
iBook G3 runs Leopard if you install it as using the iBook as Target Disk via FireWire.
iBook G3 runs Leopard if you install it as using the iBook as Target Disk via FireWire.
KingYaba
macrumors 68040
Hrududu
macrumors 68020
Modify OSInstall
You can modify OSInstall.mpkg to allow it to install even w/a slower processor.
You can modify OSInstall.mpkg to allow it to install even w/a slower processor.
0dev
macrumors 68040
If you wanna run Leopard on an unsupported Mac, check this out: http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/unsupported.html
It'll probably be a bit slow and generally not exactly the most reliable thing ever, but you can get an install up and running if you follow a few extra steps.
It'll probably be a bit slow and generally not exactly the most reliable thing ever, but you can get an install up and running if you follow a few extra steps.