OleMissMac
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Q: How well does Tiger run on a 1.8 GHz G5?

I'm considering upgrading from 10.3.9 to Tiger.  Will Tiger overwhelm the 1.8 GHz G5?

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on May 6, 2012 7:28 PM

by BDAqua,Solvedanswer
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Should work, though if it's not a Family Pack it's legally only supposed to be installed on one computer.

Posted on May 12, 2012 1:47 PM

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Q: How well does Tiger run on a 1.8 GHz G5?

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  • by BDAqua,Helpful

    BDAqua BDAqua May 6, 2012 7:33 PM in response to OleMissMac
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    May 6, 2012 7:33 PM in response to OleMissMac

    Tiger should run fine if it meats or beats these requirements, not especially so with Leopard/10.5...

     

    Tiger Requirements...

    To use Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, your Macintosh needs:

        * A PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor

        * Built-in FireWire

        * At least 256 MB of RAM (I recommend 1GB minimum)

        * DVD drive (DVD-ROM), Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) or SuperDrive (DVD-R) for installation

        * At least 3 GB of free disk space; 4 GB if you install the XCode 2 Developer Tools  (I recommend 20GB minimum)

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1514

     

    See Tom's, (Texas Mac Man), great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/message/15305521#15305521

     

    Or Ali Brown's great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...

     

    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10381710#10381710

  • by japamac,Helpful

    japamac japamac May 7, 2012 6:10 AM in response to OleMissMac
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    May 7, 2012 6:10 AM in response to OleMissMac

    Will Tiger overwhelm the 1.8 GHz G5?

    On the contrary, Tiger is highly optimized for the PPC processors and runs terrifically on a G5.

     

    Tiger runs wonderfully in G4 machines with 1/3 of the processor speed, so there is no worry regarding negative processing impact in your 1.8GHz machine.

     

    Tiger (also) most assuredly runs with more stability than Panther, and requires much lower overhead than Leopard.

     

    Tiger is a refined OS.

  • by OleMissMac,

    OleMissMac OleMissMac May 12, 2012 7:52 AM in response to BDAqua
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    May 12, 2012 7:52 AM in response to BDAqua

    I have Tiger upgrade disks that I own and used to upgrade my G4 to Tiger several years ago.  Tiger is currently running on the G4. 

     

    Can I use the same upgrade disks to upgrade the G5?

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua May 12, 2012 10:09 AM in response to OleMissMac
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    May 12, 2012 10:09 AM in response to OleMissMac

    Is it a Black Retail Disc, or an Upgrade/UptoDate Disc?

  • by OleMissMac,

    OleMissMac OleMissMac May 12, 2012 1:09 PM in response to BDAqua
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    May 12, 2012 1:09 PM in response to BDAqua

    The box is black with a silver X.  The instruction booklet on the inside says "Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger Installation and Setup Guide".  The disk says "Mac OS X Tiger Includes Xcode 2 Install DVD".

  • by BDAqua,Solvedanswer

    BDAqua BDAqua May 12, 2012 1:47 PM in response to OleMissMac
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    May 12, 2012 1:47 PM in response to OleMissMac

    Should work, though if it's not a Family Pack it's legally only supposed to be installed on one computer.

  • by Grumble,

    Grumble Grumble Jun 10, 2012 3:47 PM in response to OleMissMac
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    Jun 10, 2012 3:47 PM in response to OleMissMac

    It works really well on this machine.

    However, I think the best use of matched software for this machine is 10.4.11

  • by DrakkenWar,

    DrakkenWar DrakkenWar Jun 11, 2012 4:10 AM in response to OleMissMac
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    Jun 11, 2012 4:10 AM in response to OleMissMac

    I have to disagree with Grumble here. When I still had my G5 single 1.8 the upgrade from 10.3 to 10.4 and to 10.4.11 is was something I never regretted. From boot time, to everything else I used that machine for on a daily basis was faster. So not only do you get more "supported software", you get a more responsive system overall. As long as you have maxed ram I do not think you will be dissappointed.

     

     

     

    Hope it helps!

     

    ~Drake

     

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