I have an older powerBook G4 running OS X 10.4.11. How can I upgrade this operating system?
I have an older powerBook G4 running os x 10.4.11. Can I upgrade this to a better operating system?
I have an older powerBook G4 running os x 10.4.11. Can I upgrade this to a better operating system?
Yes. Buy a retail Mac OS X 10.5 DVD from a source such as Amazon or eBay.
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The newest system a Powerbook can run is 10.5 which itself is very out of date and I am not sure you would see much benefit in running it instead. You may find that most software has moved beyond 10.5 support. I just transitioned from a G4 but even though I had 10.5 discs I never bothered installing them because there wasn't much of a benefit for me and I figured by G4 was happier running 10.4.11
If all you need is a newer browser, check out TenFourFox.
Should your vintage obsolete G4 PowerBook have a processor of less than 867MHz
the highest upgrade to that hardware limit is Tiger 10.4.11. And that is a good OS X.
Even if the computer can upgrade to Leopard 10.5.8, it may balk without additional
hardware upgrades; more RAM and greater capacities of unused space in hard drive.
A specialty SSD such as the OWC Mercury Legacy Pro; this can be used with IDE/ATA.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Mercury_Legacy_Pro
My vintage obsolete powerPC G4 computers all have a TenFourFox build suitable to
their range of processors; for G5 PPC there is a different build, too.
Good luck! 🙂
I have an older powerBook G4 running OS X 10.4.11. How can I upgrade this operating system?