Jaguar Compatibility
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- elwolverton
Does anyone know if Jaguar (10.2) would work on my old PowerPC G3, 350 Mhz?
- elwolverton0
Know where I can find out? Apple sure doesn't keep their 10.2 sys reqs online.
- Gorbie0
actually, I don't believe you can.
the other thing is that you prolly don't want to. it would be so-oo slow that it wouldn't be worth it.
- brundlefly0
panther is a little faster than jaguar, but unless you have more than 16 meg video, quartz extreme cant run properly really taxing the OS and memory
even 16 is the bare minimum...
although it will work....
- elwolverton0
what would i need to do to the machine to have it run 10.2?
- Gorbie0
sell it and buy a new one.
- elwolverton0
what if it's just being used for Word and accounting...no Final Cut or anything fancy.
is it sluggish beyond use?
- brundlefly0
it'll work fine, but upgrade the video if you can, thats where the real lag is going to be
- asujoe0
Get a processor upgrade like one from
It will increase the life of you computer for a while until you can get a new one.
Max out you memory. 512 bare min for a g3 to really work.
And upgrade the pci video card i think this on will work.
http://www.macmall.com/macmall/s…
- ribit0
Depends on the specific model too. I tried to install 10.3 on a 250mhz WallStreet Powerbook... but it isnt supported unless you use a 3rd party install script.. but it might be supported in an upgrade.
- unknown0
runs fine on my B&W 350MHZ a bit sluggish due to the video card but surfs the net and uploads files all day just fine.
- atomica0
You're running word and other office/accounting apps. You shouldn't have to worry about runnin' 10..... stick with 9. Avoid the bloat. ;) That or get a PC..... I can run XP Pro on a 5-6 year old machine no prob... bleah to mac.
- ribit0
...and you can run OSX on quite a few Macs that are over 6 years old... bleah back.
- unknown0
yeah, I run XP on a three year old machine and it just clicks and clicks away when I'm just moving the freakin mouse.... plus that's because XP is nothing than a face lift for 2000, which was a minor imporvement of 98, which was a tighter version than 95, which is what 3.0 was suppose to be... except XP has a better looking cartoon dog and talking paper clip.
Why does it always have to come to the mac/pc thing?
- atomica0
Didn't mean to make it that, just when I think efficient office and accounting, I think PC as does most of the industry. And I must retort that 2000 was not a tiny upgrade from 98 and to think that, well..... I just don't want to comment. 2000 is a completely different kernel/engine. yes a familiar interface, after all, people like familiarity.
- sweetasbro0
yeah, worked on my old B/W G3, though upgraded to 10.3 recently and it is much more responsive but as some have suggested the video card is what drags it down.
At least with a Mac, with each upgrade of OS (X), it gets faster (on the same hardware), where as with each Win upgrade it gets slower if usable at all.
- atomica0
roflmao..... where is the data to back that up?
- ribit0
What happened to the thread about Panther compatibility?
- ribit0
Jaguar, even...
- unknown0
enough! Windows blows and macs suck whatever... let's help the dude figure if it's worth upgrading. The point is it WILL work for what you need it to do but the video card drags the system a bit. although, it's not unworkable. If you feel you need or want to upgrade- you can- but OS 9 will run a bit quicker since it's less graphic intensive.