Is Leopard that much better than Tiger?

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14-07-2008, 12:31 PM
Invent

Is Leopard that much better than Tiger?

Hi,

The title pretty much says it :P

Is 10.5 that much better than 10.4 (is it worth upgrading)?

-Simon
14-07-2008, 02:27 PM
Josh-H

It really is.

Quick look, is a feature I'm just so accustomed to now its shocking. Just whack spacebar and the file is "previewed" right in finder without opening a seperate program.

Little tweaks are everywhere and just improve the OS. Also you'll find some new apps require leopard now and most will in the future.

Spaces is also a great feature.
14-07-2008, 02:48 PM
xxMATTGxx

I give you one word: Yes.
14-07-2008, 03:24 PM
Recursion

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattGarner

I give you one word: Yes.

Thats 6 words.

j/k

At school we have mostly Leopard, but still some old Tiger Macs, and the different between Tiger and Leopard is amazing.
14-07-2008, 03:28 PM
Invent

Ooh okay. I'll buy a leopard install disk off eBay or something then instead of getting it from apple/torrents :P
14-07-2008, 03:32 PM
graffiti

yeah it is
14-07-2008, 03:33 PM
Invent

It's about £55-£85 on eBay, so I think I'll try and buy it tonight :) I bought a ram upgrade earlier today, so hopefully Leopard will run okay once I install the new ram n_n
14-07-2008, 03:52 PM
xxMATTGxx

Quote:

Originally Posted by Invent

It's about £55-£85 on eBay, so I think I'll try and buy it tonight :) I bought a ram upgrade earlier today, so hopefully Leopard will run okay once I install the new ram n_n

Hey there, What mac do you have? and What are the specs of it.
14-07-2008, 04:34 PM
Hayd93

yes and no

yes its verry nice ect but there at still bugs. ect some softwear wont run on it
14-07-2008, 05:34 PM
Invent

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattGarner

Hey there, What mac do you have? and What are the specs of it.

The one I'm trying to install it on (the machine I bought purposefully to upgrade) has around 1024mb ram, 733mhz processor & 300GB HD.

I understand that the processor is lower than Leopard requires, but aslong as I have enough ram (1gb) it will run fine on it (afaik).
14-07-2008, 05:59 PM
Hayd93

Quote:

Originally Posted by Invent

The one I'm trying to install it on (the machine I bought purposefully to upgrade) has around 1024mb ram, 733mhz processor & 300GB HD.

I understand that the processor is lower than Leopard requires, but aslong as I have enough ram (1gb) it will run fine on it (afaik).

Powermac i take it ?

and you will need more than 1gb i had a mate running leopard on a 1.4 mac mini. Ran well but every so often lagged slighty that was with 1gb of ram.
14-07-2008, 06:07 PM
Invent

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Powermac i take it ?

and you will need more than 1gb i had a mate running leopard on a 1.4 mac mini. Ran well but every so often lagged slighty that was with 1gb of ram.

Yeah. I see, but I've read on loads of forums that it'll run fine on 1gb.
14-07-2008, 06:53 PM
Hayd93

Quote:

Originally Posted by Invent

Yeah. I see, but I've read on loads of forums that it'll run fine on 1gb.

Give it a try then if others have tried this go for it. Tell me the results i will be intrested in this.
14-07-2008, 11:06 PM
DaveTaylor

I run it on a G4 eMac Dan, it works trust me :P
15-07-2008, 01:33 AM
Hypertext

I PERSONALLY think it depends. If your going for performance ie something other thana "personal" computer, i'd go tiger, otherwise if your actually going to use it then leopard.
15-07-2008, 05:24 AM
xxMATTGxx

I never used tiger, But the way Leopard looks and preforms for me. I think its fantastic, 1GB should be enough. If thats not the case, Im sure it won't be hard to get 2GB? Have fun with it anyway :D