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iBook OS 10.4.11 or 10.5 ?

May 27, 2011 12:35PM PDT

I noticed some ibook's have been upgraded to 10.5 ?

My one's have 10.3 and another has 10.4.11 but can't get it to install the upgrade disc?

Which 10.5 disc set do i need, from what model is it compatible, airbooks i think have it/

Any free downloads of 10.4.11 ?

I have a mac book 10.4.11 install discs set but it wont load , clicks and ejects these particular discs?

Laura

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iBooks
May 27, 2011 10:15PM PDT

For the ones with the G3 processor, leave them with 10.3.9
Anything above that is likely to choke it.

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I agree
May 27, 2011 10:58PM PDT

I agree with what's already been said. Before it died of the rather infamous video chip solder joint
issue (and incidentally P, since you asked before, recently came across
some info that this issue affected ALL iBook models) I had 10.5 on it,
and it just wasn't that great of a performer. IIRC, this was a 1.4GHz G4
with 768MB of RAM, so it should have exceeded the Leopard min specs
quite handily, but performance really was at the barely acceptable
level.


If this is an iBook G3 model, there's no real point in bothering to do
anything with it. It's just too old to even function as a decent web
browsing machine. Same with all but the last of the G4 models, and if
yours hasn't died of the cold solder joint on the video chip issue
already, it's probably living on borrowed time. It's probably not worth
sinking any amount of money into this system.

But if you're in a will-not-be-denied kind of mood, only the retail copy
of 10.5 will install on any system. The restore discs that come with a
system are locked to that specific model.

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10.4.11 to 10.5
May 23, 2012 10:47AM PDT

This is probably a really stupid question...but...Can I install 10.5 on a removable (CD or other) and use it as a start up disk for a iBook G4 running 10.4.11? (133 GHz Power PC G4, 768 MB DDR SDRAM) Theoretically it should work, but would it run like crap as if it is installed on the actual hard drive?

Any insights are appreciated.

BootsDevon

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Your 1.33 GHz G4 will run 10.5 just fine installed.
Jun 24, 2012 6:24AM PDT

There are several browsers that are optimized for PPC Macs. My favorite is TenFourFox, which is the same as Firefox.

Here is a link to a really good tutorial on how to optimize a PPC Mac. My favorite is Xslimmer, but it does cost $15.


http://mymacintoshcollection.com/optimization-recommendations/

Your G4 will never be as fast as an Intel Mac, but there are a lot more apps for Leopard, compared to Tiger.

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10.5 Here I Come
Jun 24, 2012 11:24AM PDT

Thanks so much for your reply! I am going to install 10.5 and check out Xslimmer. I appreciate the recommendations, and am glad to hear not everyone is a naysayer on 10.5 for iBook.

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Let us know your findings
Jun 24, 2012 9:50PM PDT

once you install 10.5 and update it.

Will be interesting to see the difference between "Yes it will run" and "Yes it will run just fine"

P