Leopard on G4 Powerbook 1919 Responses

Last post: 2 months, 4 weeks ago | Thread started: Sep 5, 08, 12:03 p.m.

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• janne76

  I have the latest Powerbook that I bought half a month before the first Intel Macs were released (yeah! I know!!)...

  So, my question is: How would Leopard run on it?

  Some say it will disable certain functions on an older Mac, others say it runs smoothly.

  Any experiences, please?

  Sep 5, 08, 12:03 p.m. – Permalink

• Seanbot

  It will be fine, but it's not totally worth it.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:04 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  No, I don't really want it. But I bought a very handy little piece of software earlier this year and it stopped working. Manufacturer said update is possible but only for Leopard from now on. Which made me angry since i PAID for the software in Feb. this year. Crazy, no?

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:05 p.m. – Permalink

• mantra

  im running leopard on my 15' powerbook g4 1.57ghz and it runs smooth. when leopard first came out there were some MAJOR issues with airport, but after a few updates it was solved.

  no problems here.

  • me too works just fine.– spendogg

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:06 p.m. – Permalink

• drgss

  i have 10.3 on my much older powerbook from 2001 (500 MHz 256mb ram)
  well, it runs...not sure about leopard

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:09 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  nice.
  i think i'll give it a try then.

  can i just go ahead and install or do i need to backup everything?

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:10 p.m. – Permalink

• pylon

  Running it on my wife's 12" pb, 1.5gig 1.5ghz and everything is fine.

  • ah k thx.
    ignore post below then..– janne76

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:11 p.m. – Permalink

• mantra

  back up everything.

  ALWAYS

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:15 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  ok i will backup everything.

  wil my 1.5 Gigs of RAM be sufficient?

  • yep– ninjasavant

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:16 p.m. – Permalink

• kona

  janne! i'm running leopard on an iBook PowerPC G4 1.33Ghz with 1.5Mb RAM and it runs really well. i actually think it runs a tiny bit faster than the previous ox did.

  i'm trying to sell the computer above btw.

  • ONLY 1.5MB OF RAM?? WOW!!– janne761/4

    actaully... it might only be 1.25GB now that i'm thinking about it. i think 1.25 is the max. hmmm.– kona2/4

    haha that still is a whole lot more than 1.5 M(!!)b, kona!– janne763/4

    AH... you stupid fingers... i meant 1.5gb, not mb. but it's 1.25gb. i checked.– kona4/4

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:19 p.m. – Permalink

• ninjasavant

  I run it on my G4 Powerbook with no problems.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:20 p.m. – Permalink

• mantra

  yes, im running 1 gig and everything is fine.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:20 p.m. – Permalink

• mantra

  yes, im running 1 gig and everything is fine.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:21 p.m. – Permalink

• mantra

  sorry bout the double post...

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:22 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  thanks, kona. :)

  • anytime!– kona

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:22 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  thanks, kona. :)

  • what happened?– janne76

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:23 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  sorry for the double post..

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 12:24 p.m. – Permalink

• pylon

  Yeah, I thought it ran a bit faster, or at least felt more responsive too — and it still does. Mind, I did it as a clean install rather than an upgrade-on-top of Tiger.
  Great for everything and can have pretty much the CS3 running at the same time (well, PS, AI, ID and Bridge) as well as mail, etc.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 1:01 p.m. – Permalink

• janne76

  maybe i will do a clean install as well... might be good for the good old mac..

  • Absolutely. It was probably the first time since I got the thing when I did the re-install. 3 years?– pylon1/3

    yeah, almost 3 years here as well!– janne762/3

    yes. i did the clean install too.– kona3/3

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 1:03 p.m. – Permalink

• pylon

  If you've got some spare cash, put in a higher RPM drive too. That'll make a big difference.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 1:29 p.m. – Permalink