Has anyone tried to install Panther on a G4 cube? Does it run as well as it should? (I might be getting an old one cheap that runs 10.2, and i might upgrade)
Has anyone tried to install Panther on a G4 cube? Does it run as well as it should? (I might be getting an old one cheap that runs 10.2, and i might upgrade)
No problems with mine so far...although honestly I don't use the sexy thing as often as I'd like to.
I have an original iMac (Rev. A 233 with 6MB VRAM and 288MB RAM) running panther that is my print server and "free" mac--connected to the internet and always ready to go...
runs like a champ, almost as fast as 9... (considering things like expose work on it that is quite a feat)
Has anyone tried to install Panther on a G4 cube? Does it run as well as it should? (I might be getting an old one cheap that runs 10.2, and i might upgrade)
Interesting to note, while Panther runs fine on a cube, Panter Server does not. I had retired my cube to the closet to act as a family server with a firewire raid. All's well until 10.3 server install (which to Apple's credit, the cube was not listed under supported devices) Anway, it forced me to buy a G5 for home and use the G4 tower for a server. Oh well...
Running 10.3.2 on a Cube (450mhz 16MB VRAM, 384 mb ram) Thats right, only 384MB of ram. Still runs like a dream. I do heavy Photoshoping and a lot of Final cut pro work. Although it isn't blazing, the render times are surprisingly quick for a machine with such low specs. Go for the Cube, it's an amazing machine!
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Originally posted by psgamer0921
Has anyone tried to install Panther on a G4 cube? Does it run as well as it should? (I might be getting an old one cheap that runs 10.2, and i might upgrade)
No problems with mine so far...although honestly I don't use the sexy thing as often as I'd like to.
Nuff said.
We're talking 4-year-old hardware here, with a 400MHz G3 and 8MB graphics, so...
Runs Panther a hell of a lot better than the Public Beta or 10.1!
Should be even better on a Cube.
runs like a champ, almost as fast as 9... (considering things like expose work on it that is quite a feat)
runs very quickly w/o (hardly) any spinning beach balls.
however, for Photoshop, or even iPhoto with thousands of photos, I get the beach ball frequently.
however, NOTHING can replace this cube. i love it.
Originally posted by psgamer0921
Has anyone tried to install Panther on a G4 cube? Does it run as well as it should? (I might be getting an old one cheap that runs 10.2, and i might upgrade)
I currently have panther running on:
300mhz G3 Ibook, runs fine
BlueBerry 350 mhz Imac, runs fine
G4 450 mhz Cube, runs fine
600 mhz Flowerpower Imac, runs fine.
and 1ghz 17" Imac, runs fine.
8)
But, you need at least 512 megs of RAM, IMO, to run smoothly.
G4/dual 450
G3/350 Blue and White (B/W)
iMac
PowerBook 867 Alu
iBook G3 700
All of these are running OS X 10.3.2 and smooth sailing.
JUST REMEMBER, IF YOU HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS, DO A CLEAN INSTALL. You probably installed some crap on accident.
-walloo.
it's almost like a g5 - without the noise.
;-)
Originally posted by Anders
Panther is the fastest Xversion on ANY hardware I have ever tried it on.
i agree, i have it on my 400 Mhz iMac G3, it has a good chunk of RAM in it (768) but it runs incredibly smoothly for a G3