Software Setup

[Drich290195]

What applications are people running on their power PC based Mac's. After ideas of software what do people do with their machines? Thanks

 

[Amethyst1]

The Leopard Thread

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Supported hardware eMac iBook G4 iMac G4 iMac G5 iMac Core Duo iMac Core 2 Duo (excluding "Late 2009" and "Mid 2010" models) PowerBook G4 Power Mac G4 Power Mac G5 MacBook (pre-2010) MacBook Pro (pre-2010) MacBook Air (pre-2010) Mac Pro (pre-2010) Mac Mini (pre-2010)...

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The Tiger Thread (Mac OS X 10.4)

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Supported PowerPC Hardware: iMac G3 with FireWire iMac DV iMac G4 iMac G5 eMac G4 Mac mini G4 Power Mac G3 Blue & White Power Mac G4 Power Mac G4 Cube Power Mac G5 Xserve G4 Xserve G5 iBook G3 Clamshell with FireWire, Snow PowerBook G3 with FireWire PowerBook G4 Titanium...

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[Drich290195]

The Leopard Thread

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Supported hardware eMac iBook G4 iMac G4 iMac G5 iMac Core Duo iMac Core 2 Duo (excluding "Late 2009" and "Mid 2010" models) PowerBook G4 Power Mac G4 Power Mac G5 MacBook (pre-2010) MacBook Pro (pre-2010) MacBook Air (pre-2010) Mac Pro (pre-2010) Mac Mini (pre-2010)...

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The Tiger Thread (Mac OS X 10.4)

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Supported PowerPC Hardware: iMac G3 with FireWire iMac DV iMac G4 iMac G5 eMac G4 Mac mini G4 Power Mac G3 Blue & White Power Mac G4 Power Mac G4 Cube Power Mac G5 Xserve G4 Xserve G5 iBook G3 Clamshell with FireWire, Snow PowerBook G3 with FireWire PowerBook G4 Titanium...

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[eyoungren]

What applications are people running on their power PC based Mac's. After ideas of software what do people do with their machines? Thanks

When I was using my Quad G5 I was running: Adobe CS4 (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), Office 2008 (Word, Entourage, Excel), Acrobat 9, Suitcase Fusion 3. These apps were primarily for graphic design.

For browsing, I used TenFourFox.

Since I rarely delete anything, I've got apps sitting on my hard drive that I downloaded in 2001 or so.

 

[iluvmacs99]

What applications are people running on their power PC based Mac's. After ideas of software what do people do with their machines? Thanks

I use the G5 for legacy support work with Tiger OSX since it supports OS9 as well when I was doing IT support for a non-profit agency. Due to COVID, I'm no longer employed with them, so now the G5 is used mainly as a sound editing machine with Sound Studio and also Video Glide application for capturing S-Video and Composite video sources from older VHS/Beta sources. Both of these apps are available for Intel, but I have to pay the upgrade fees. Considering that, the G5 was cheaper just to keep running those apps. I do everything else on my Mac Pro and PC gaming rig as they are more modern and faster. Hope this helps.