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2007-10-01 , 02:45
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Originally Posted by Milhouse View Post
Good luck getting Mac OS X 10.4 (or later) to run on any Apple G3 or G4 powered kit, or even late model G5s. The OS won't install, even though the kit may be capable of running the OS. Why? Because Apple prevent the OS installing on their old hardware - it's intentional and somewhat cynical.
Oh ********, G3s and G4s 800mhz and slower will not be able to install 10.5. Apple doesn't believe that these machines will be able to provide the user with a decent computing experience with the new OS (mostly due to the implementation of more and more graphics-accelerated APIs like Core Image). It's not like it's particularly difficult to workaround those blocks, in any case.

As an owner of several generations of Macintosh computers from a 333mhz iMac to one of those "late model G5s" you speak of, I can attest to the fact that 10.4 installs and runs perfectly fine on all of them, and 10.5 will work perfectly fine on both my G5 and my Quicksilver G4 (if not the iMac, but that's far-gone enough to be unpleasant to use these days). If you're going to argue against Apple, you might as well get the facts straight.