Packbacker92
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Currently, I am still using an old Apple Powerbook G3 Pismo (500 MHz, Upgraded 8x dual-layer Superdrive, 12 GB HDD, 512 MBs of RAM, and running OS X version 10.4.7) I know I know it's old and slow compared to what apple has on the market these days. But heck, there's no way I would trade it in for even a top of the line MacBook Pro.
So anyways...lets cut to the chase. Tiger was yesterday's news. Now all the big talk is on what new features Apple is going to use in Leopard to once again leave Microsoft light years behind. The question is (for people like me who have gotten attached to their older macs), what are the system requirements going to be for Leopard to run smoothly on my mac?
I would of course hope that Leopard runs noticeably faster than Tiger did on my Pismo,(if it runs at all) but if the new features that Leopard has to offer are as impressive as I've heard they are, then I would be happy just to have those features, and see no improvement in speed. I mean come on, Tiger is pretty damn fast if you ask me. Besides, I was already planning on getting a G4 upgrade for my Pismo. And I just can't see Apple making the requirements for Leopard so high, that a 550MHz G4 can't make the cut.
So what do you guys think the requirements for Leopard will and should be? Do you think apple would really completely drop the G3 when so many people are still using those 900MHz ibooks? I mean, those things arn't more than 3 years old are they? Or do you think Apple will have some special features in Leopard that will only work on more powerful intel or altivec optimized macs and then allow the base system to run on some G3's? And finally, how many people out there are still using a mac that is 4 years old or older for their primary computer? Just curious about that last one, I'd like to think I'm not the only one.
Please share your thoughts everyone! I'd like to hear everybody's opinion!
So anyways...lets cut to the chase. Tiger was yesterday's news. Now all the big talk is on what new features Apple is going to use in Leopard to once again leave Microsoft light years behind. The question is (for people like me who have gotten attached to their older macs), what are the system requirements going to be for Leopard to run smoothly on my mac?
I would of course hope that Leopard runs noticeably faster than Tiger did on my Pismo,(if it runs at all) but if the new features that Leopard has to offer are as impressive as I've heard they are, then I would be happy just to have those features, and see no improvement in speed. I mean come on, Tiger is pretty damn fast if you ask me. Besides, I was already planning on getting a G4 upgrade for my Pismo. And I just can't see Apple making the requirements for Leopard so high, that a 550MHz G4 can't make the cut.
So what do you guys think the requirements for Leopard will and should be? Do you think apple would really completely drop the G3 when so many people are still using those 900MHz ibooks? I mean, those things arn't more than 3 years old are they? Or do you think Apple will have some special features in Leopard that will only work on more powerful intel or altivec optimized macs and then allow the base system to run on some G3's? And finally, how many people out there are still using a mac that is 4 years old or older for their primary computer? Just curious about that last one, I'd like to think I'm not the only one.
Please share your thoughts everyone! I'd like to hear everybody's opinion!