• Apple OS X

  best version of OSX for G4 powerbook?

  Posted by Alan Langdon on February 9, 2009 at 7:41 pm

  I purchased a used Powerbook G4:

  Powerbook G4 15″
  CPU: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
  speed: 1.67 GHZ
  Cache 512
  RAM 1GB
  Bus Speed 167 MHz

  It came with Tiger installed and sometimes it gets into this funny mode where I can’t open apps such as iTunes, Preview, etc… strange behaviour which disappears when I restart. It also didn’t come with iMovie installed. I plan to install FCP on it, so I would like to know: should I re-install the OS, this time with the more humble Panther? I have various operating system versions as well as FCP versions to match them. Or should I bump it up to Leopard? Or stay Tiger?
  I ask because I know that Tiger probably didn’t even exist when this machine came out, so perhaps this OS is not the best option for performance and stability?

  Thanks,
  Alan

  Alan Langdon replied 17 years, 7 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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