Matthewlopez
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Q: Can my iBook G4 run Leopard?

I have an old version of 10.5 Leopard, and i was wondering if it will run on my iBook G4 800 MHz PowerPC G4 384 MB DDR SDRAM

iBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 5, 2015 11:38 AM

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Q: Can my iBook G4 run Leopard?

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Mar 5, 2015 11:53 AM in response to Matthewlopez
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    Mar 5, 2015 11:53 AM in response to Matthewlopez

    No. You need an 867 MHz CPU and 512 MBs of RAM.

     

    System RequirementsIntel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867 MHz or faster) processor; 512 MB of RAM; and 9.0 GB of disk space

  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Mar 5, 2015 7:45 PM in response to Matthewlopez
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    Mar 5, 2015 7:45 PM in response to Matthewlopez

    While there is a way (or two) which may allow Leopard 10.5 to run in your CPU spec

    challenged iBook G4 800MHz computer, Leopard 10.5 generally will run slower than

    Tiger, even with a full complement of RAM upgrade supported by the computer...

     

    For the most part Tiger 10.4.11 was one of the finest Apple Mac OS X systems;

    by some estimation perhaps it's one of the top three systems produced by Apple.

     

    {I have a last model iBook G4 12-inch 1.33GHz that shipped with Tiger 10.4, and

    it does not use Leopard 10.5.8 very well. And Leopard is clumsy, too. I will revert.}

     

    However the stable and easy to use 10.4 system version last build is, about all that

    is currently updated for use with it, is a TenFourFox browser; note version number.

    No later Adobe Flash update, no support, & so on. Vintage applications run well.

     

    You may need to seek out a fair condition MacBook that supports Snow Leopard 10.6

    to be able to experience one of the other great Apple OS X systems. The MacBook

    series ran from 2006 to 2010; and does not include the /Pro or /Air version MB series.

     

    Hopefully you can purpose the 800MHz iBook G4 for useful tasks... to keep him busy.