With the introduction of Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 another series of Apple computers got pushed back. Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 feature fair system requirements compared to the economical lifespan of modern / current day computers.
Mac OS X 10.5 is already running on my Apple Mac Pro 2.0GHz (2x Intel Xeon Dual Core CPU). Since I’ve also acquired Adobe Creative Suite 3 I was more than thrilled to experience a speed bump. Unfortunately Adobe Creative Suit 3 can’t be run on 10.5 yet.
I find my Apple Powerbook G4 (1.25GHz PowerPC and 1,5Gb System Ram) running noticeably slower than with Mac OS X 10.4.10 (Tiger). While you might find Mac OS X 10.4.x fast enough and you have no shortcomings, you might want to play, explore and learn about Ubuntu Linux on a Mac.
Currently Ubuntu Linux 6.10 (Edgy Eft) can be downloaded also for PowerPC computers. While the PowerPC isn’t being considered a important architecture for Ubuntu they still have a community team safeguarding this release.
You can download Ubuntu Linux 6.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) for your PowerPC from these locations:
Upcoming period I will dedicate some time in order to write a user experience / review about this specific release on my Apple Powerbook G4.
March 26, 2009 at 12:25 am |
I have adobe CS3 (AE, Ps, Ai, Id, Fl, Reader) and they run fine on my MacBook Pro, which is on Leopard. If you’re interested in computers and Mac.. check out my newest post.