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Old June 30th, 2009, 07:46 PM
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Thanks for all your responses.
Yeah I was planning a clean install.
I am currently saving up for a new machine (or Two!) But this old G4 is it for now and I'd like to keep it as fit and up to date as possible.
The max amount of memory this machine will take is 1.25Gb - Keeping in mind that it has 250Mb soldered in and one slot, that means that the 1GB of ram that I've ordered is all it will take.

New dilema! Now that the decision has pretty much been made my wife just came home from a friends and what does she have with her but a retail box of Tiger (OS 10.4) (loaned to her by her friend when she heard we were going to update our OS)
So the question now is: a free version of 10.4 or the $129.00 CAN. for 10.5
(given that I'd be running 10.5 at pretty close to the minimum requirements -I'm leaning toward 10.4)
What say you oh Learned Mac wizards?

Just to be clear these are the min Requirements for 10.5.4 from the Apple website: PowerPCG4 (867MHz or faster) processor
* 512MB of physical RAM
* DVD drive for installation
and this is what I have: PowerPC G4
CPU Speed: 1.33 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 768 MB (Increasing to 1GB)
Bus Speed: 167 MHz (in case it matters to anyone)
And Yes I have the super drive.

Last edited by Chasinspace; July 1st, 2009 at 07:59 AM.
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