Can I still surf the web on macOS X 10.4.11?

MacMan1338 wrote:

Are you able to browse the web, watch YouTube, check emails, make a google doc on macOS X 10.4.11?

If you can I know it probably wouldn't be the most secure, but that i'm not worried about!!

I think you're going to be locked out of just about every https site on the Web. The protocols used to secure https connections against eavesdropping have evolved over the years, and I doubt if Tiger implements any of the newer protocols that modern Web sites would be willing to accept.

I fired up my iMac/G4, which is running that very version of Mac OS X, to test. Then I ran into another issue: Wi-Fi security. Tiger doesn't know about WPA, WPA2, or WPA3 – and I'm pretty sure that my Wi-Fi network is set up not to accept anything as insecure as WEP.

I don't think any Macs released in 2008 or later can run Tiger. So whatever machine you're looking at is more than 16 years old, does not have an Apple Silicon processor, and might not even have an Intel processor. If you want an old Mac for historical interest or playing old games, that's one thing. For what you're talking about, forget it. Look at current machines.

Probably not. Nearly all websites use a security protocol that requires a much newer browser than the Safari version included with Tiger. Whether a website chose to implement those protocols or not a factor you can control.

The following is an example of a website that doesn't use encryption: http://www.decodesystems.com/wanted.html

That Mac can probably load that one but it's difficult to even find a website that does not use encryption. Same goes for nearly all email services today.