I have a Quicksilver G4/867 with 640MB RAM. I run os 10.4. Is maxing out the RAM at 1.5MB worth it on this machine? How about upgrading to 10.5? This machine is mostly for the kids doing homework and internet, although I would like to start syncing ipad and iphone on it (the reason for 10.5). Thanks.
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Quicksilver Update
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Updating the ram is a must. You will see a great performance boost. You might be a little slow with leopard, but if that's not a problem then you should upgrade.
I'm running a Quicksilver G4 with 1.25GB ram and it is also a 867MHz model. I'm running Leopard on it. It seems mostly fine to me, a little sluggish sometimes though. I still use it for a bit of web surfing, word processing, spreadsheets, etc. for that level of activity it is fine. In fact, I'm using it now. It always brings a smile to my face when I think this thing is about 10 years old almost (not sure of it's birthdate!), and it is still reliable and more importantly it is actually *functional*.
The only thing I'd say is that performance won't be stellar. I have a Dual 867 G4, and 10.5 isn't that fantastic on it, however it does work (It has 1.5GB RAM, and I personally would go to at least 1GB pre-Leopard install). It should easily work if all your doing is iTunes, but Safari etc may be slow.