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Yeah, I was going to add that as a PS. I suppose the ultimate would get it to run Leopard, and I know it has been done, but I don't think the pain-to-performance threshold is worth it for me at the moment! I've read about the steps to do it, and wow. Given that Tiger is usable but marginal, I'd imagine the performance on Leopard would be approaching awful.Needs Leopard
Note that this "About" window only says "1 GB" and nothing else -- nothing about memory type or speed. OS X was never designed to boot these old things, so the utility has no idea what the hell 70ns RAM is! It only knows that some kind of RAM is there.
My screenshot? Or @ziggy29's?twas looking at your screen shot and i noticed something amiss, who wants to guess what it is
Yeah, I'm sure if a 7600 needs Leopard, a G5 sure does. But I simply see no point in Leopard. At this point I prefer TFF over WebKit/Roccat, and there's really no other reason I need Leopard. So I picked the fast OS.
But I simply see no point in Leopard. At this point I prefer TFF over WebKit/Roccat, and there's really no other reason I need Leopard. So I picked the fast OS. 
I don't see anything amiss in his screenshot (aside from the wallpaper/theme, but that's something he already mentioned). Care to explain?twas looking at your screen shot and i noticed something amiss, who wants to guess what it is
I think it's that I'm running Tiger, and @LightBulbFun runs Leopard on even the lowest-spec machines it will run on.
It's one thing to run a newer unsupported OS like Leopard on a Power Macintosh 7600 or El Capitan on a 2006 Mac Pro, upgrading/modernizing this decade-old hardware in a way that Apple doesn't even want to make possible, but everyone knows Leopard will run fine on a Power Mac G5, so what's the fun in that? Just go with what works best for you.I think it's that I'm running Tiger, and @LightBulbFun runs Leopard on even the lowest-spec machines it will run on.
[doublepost=1492915162][/doublepost]Here is Mac OS X Jaguar running on one of my Power Mac G5s, similar specs to Henry's above:
The Tiger and Leopard partitions are in fact empty, only Jaguar and Panther are installed. I do intend to install Leopard on it at some point.
Edit: Jaguar was the OS where Aqua was probably at its best. Very nice GUI.
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Nice to see someone else running Jag on a G5, it runs stupid fast Iv done it with my PowerMac7,3 2Ghz (that machine has Regular 970s, a higher clocked machine like my 2.7 has 970FXs i need to figure out how to patch the kernel to allow it to boot on those)
no ones guessed right btw
Iv done it with my PowerMac7,3 2Ghz (that machine has Regular 970s, a higher clocked machine like my 2.7 has 970FXs i need to figure out how to patch the kernel to allow it to boot on those)no ones guessed right btw
I'd like to try it at some point.Nice to see someone else running Jag on a G5, it runs stupid fast
no ones guessed right btw
I've got no more guesses.
[doublepost=1492949693][/doublepost]Lack of iTunes 9?
Nope
Missing Hardware UUID on the System Profiler?
ill let others have a go at guessing what it is first before i reveal it
@redheeler speaking of your G5 i noticed your serial number G841337F-NVB , it made me LOL (I feel like iv seen this machine before...)
@redheeler speaking of your G5 i noticed your serial number G841337F-NVB , it made me LOL
(I feel like iv seen this machine before...)
They already have..ill let others have a go at guessing what it is first before i reveal it
twas looking at your screen shot and i noticed something amiss, who wants to guess what it is
It's framed as if it's being displayed on a CRT?
Bootrom isn't up to date? My G5 says 5.2.4f1 is the latest. Meanwhile, Henry only has 5.0.7f0
That's a thing with Tiger, the menu bar has been like that on every computer I've ever installed Tiger on.
Any benefits of updating it? If so, how would I do that?
Also, note that this is the 2003 version, but with identical specs to a 2005 version. Maybe that has something to do with it?