required specs for OSX

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  1. SypherTek

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    ive got an old ibook with a 500MHz power PC processor and 256Mb of ram

    its currently running Mac OS 9.2.2, will it run OSX ?
     
    SypherTek, Feb 10, 2006
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    Requirements
    Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G3, G4 or G5 processor
    Built-in FireWire
    DVD drive for installation
    256MB of RAM
    3GB of available hard disk space (4GB if you install the developer tools)

    i see you can. but i would recommend at least another 256mb or another 512mb.

     
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    256 ram should be fine

    i used to run it off that

     
    fludie, Feb 18, 2006
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    how fast was it? i have customers that can barely do anything on the machine with tiger on 256mb.
     
    thelox714, Feb 21, 2006
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    if i were you, i would get more ram because 256 mb is a little light for running os x. your computer is perfectly fine for running mac os x except the ram is too small. try to add at least 512mb of ram. it will increase speed dramatically.
     
    vprp, Feb 24, 2006
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  6. SypherTek

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    if i upgrade the ram do you reckon id be able to run reason 3 on there aswell? i know it needs quite a good PC to run it but im not so sure with Macs
     
    SypherTek, Feb 24, 2006
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