I'm going to try to get Tiger running on my B&W G3 ( w/ G4 PPC processor)

[yewberry]

Yup, I'm still using this:


with one of these:

(DRX-82OUL/T)


As it is, I use 10.3.9 and I really want to use the new nano I got for Christmas.

I know I can't upgrade to Leopard (600 MHz here) so I'm thinking about Tiger. Has anyone run into trouble using Tiger with an older Mac? I'm seeing very mixed reports in discussion forums. I guess the time is now to do this, as Tiger seems to be disappearing and there doesn't seem to be a patch.

As ever, I'm very nervous about changing stuff around. Any reassurances? Dire warnings?

Thanks all!

[alfredo]

1. I installed it on a Rev B iMac. It was 333mhz and it worked well.

The only problems could be the third party processor, if it is a third party processor.

[yewberry]

2. Wow, that's great.

I think the DVDrw is a Sony, but that's the only third-party gear I have.

I went ahead and ordered the 10.4 software. Yay!

[alfredo]

3. Good for you. Let us know how it works out.

After it is installed go to system preferences/Appearance. Select the Appearance pull down and select Graphite. Turn off Genie Effect in the Dock Prefs. That should give a small boost.

A black or other solid color desktop should help too.

Do the above if you think it might need a speed boost.

[Elwood P Dowd]

4. And lay off the Dashboard widgets.

:toast:

[yewberry]

5. Wassat?

Like having the weather and word-of-the-day kind of things on the desktop?

That won't be a hardship...I'm not very widget-y.

[Elwood P Dowd]

7. Some people just absolutely love those widgets.

Why is that? A friend of mine had those things all over his desktop and couldn't understand why his computer was suddenly so slow. That wasn't his only problem, but it sure didn't help.

[alfredo]

8. Yes.

[Simeon Salus]

6. Unless I'm mistaken, you have a bigger problem: No USB 2.0 in a B&W

You may have to add a pci card, but that makes the whole shebang more difficult and tenuous.

And installing Tiger requires a dvd drive.

Without USB 2.0, you can't charge the Nano.

I'm not 100% of whether data/music will move into a Nano without USB 2.0.

[yewberry]

9. You know, that's what I was worrying about.

I got the external dvd to install 10.3, so I figured that might be okay. However, the 10.4 specs call for firewire (which I have) and an internal hub (which I'm not sure I have). Is that the USB 2.0 that you're referring to?

And that might be the reason I get a message telling me I should move my older nano to a different USB when I plug it in, too.

Hm. Now I'm wondering if this will work again.

Thanks for the advice.

[Bongo Prophet]

10. USB pci cards are cheap enough to try - like under $10-15 cheap...

An internal dvd is also cheap n easy to install. Maybe free if you have old computers or craiglist, etc.

Or firewire usb hub -about $30

Just options - you have a few others, too - esp if you've friends with computers and ethernet hub...

[Simeon Salus]

11. Bongo's correct, all this stuff is very inexpensive

And if you can make it all work, please keep us apprised!