My eMac runs Tiger great and I'm thinking of installing Leopard

Specs:

1.2GHz PowerPC G4
1.5Gb Ram (Right now I have 512 but I'm gonna pop a 1GB stick in before the install)
80GB Hard Drive

Should I just leave tiger on it,

Thanks, mewrox99

I cant say for CPU, but Leopard runs super-well on my OSx86 machine with 1gb RAM...

What specs,

10.4 ran fine on my celeron 2.6 with 512Mb ram

(Lawl, only just noticed the typo)

Leopard would be awesome on that, I have installed it on a Beige G3 with a 500 MHz G4 CPU/768 MB Ram and a Digital Audio G4 466 MHz/512 MB Ram and it is really great on those, your G4 is one of the last models of G4 and so a serious spec, more than enough for Leopard.

If you up the RAM to 1.5GB it will run Leopard fine. It won't be a speed demon but it will run fine.

Leopard will run fine on that as long as you upgrade the RAM like you said. However it should be noted that you can dual-boot Leopard and Tiger with a little bit of work. You may want to do this so if you decide Leopard isn't for you just delete the partition.

You can also upgrade the processor to a dual if you see that fit.

its power pc not intel mate.

PS: i can confirm leopard runs fine on my 2.2ghz 2gb macbook

there were dual cpu power pcs which i believe got somewhat higher then 1.2 ghz but not much

It'll run with your build. It might be a bit dodgy, but you have sufficient RAM to cover that up.
Have fun!

You could, since your CPU pass the requirement.
Personally, I would build a new computer. Just last month I build a computer that slightly more powerful iMac 20-inch: 2.66GHz for under 500 dollars loaded with OSX86 Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.5 iDeneb 1.3. Ethernet, audio, usb, and DVD burning all work. Unfortunately, it doesn't cook dinner for me.

My friend came by and he bought it off me for 750 dollars, so I got 250 dollars more in my pocket.

Here are my specification (with shipping + tax) ($<500) (without monitor):
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66GHz
2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066
500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
20X DVD±R DVD Burner
ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Motherboard
Computer Case
USB Mouse
USB Keyboard
Speakers
Mac OS X Leopard OSX86 iDeneb 1.3
Monitor 20'' + $160

Here is iMac 20-inch specification: 2.66GHz ($ 1500)
2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB memory
320GB Serial ATA, 7200 rpm
8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB
Mac OS X Leopard

I don't really see why he would build a new computer. He doesn't want a Hackintosh... he has a perfectly good eMac.


It will run OSX fine. I've seen it on those era eMac's just fine. Heck I've seen it on older G3 Towers and it ran fine (just as long as you didn't try to multi-task ) However you won't be able to upgrade to 10.6 (Snow Leopard) as the PPC support will be discontinued.

Leopard's certainly not as nippy as Tiger on PPC machines, but it runs okay on my similarly spec'd G4 Mac Mini. I might be more critical than some because I do tend to push that machine hard. It's definitely perceptibly slower, albeit to a small degree. The new functionality may be worth that trade-off to you.



Not necessarily, nothing's been announced to that effect just yet. There's going to be some ticked-off Quad G5 owners if that is the case, OS support being dropped 3 years after their purchase. After the influx of Leopard bloat on older (G4) machines, they're probably the ones that stand to gain the most benefit from the tightened up Snow Leopard release. While the move to Intel's certainly been positive, I hope Apple hasn't forgotten PPC users just yet.


EDIT: Sorry for reviving this somewhat old post. Saw it fairly high up the page and assumed it was current. I forget how quiet it gets in the mac boards here sometimes.

Like others have pointed out, your slightly slower PPC processor is your weakest point but if you go with it and the 1.5GB of RAM I'm sure you'll find Leopard will perform well. The niceties of Leopard make it worth the upgrade even if you experience a little sluggishness in some apps or heavy desktop use.

It is near impossible and pointless to install Leopard on a G3.... I wouldn't even wanna try....

Ok.... could have said that a month ago

Also the fact its a G4

Keep in mind though, that Leopard was mainly designed for Intel processors, and that means decreased support for PowerPC. Shouldn't be too much of a problem, but you won't be able to get the full glory of Leopard (e.g Boot Camp).

Alexander