Mac Guys - Should I upgrade to Tiger?

Groovecake · Post by **Groovecake** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:55 pm

I am running an iBook 933 with 1.12 GB of RAM. I am currently on 10.3.9 and am considering upgrading to Tiger.

Would this be a good idea? Would I see any performance improvement from Ableton or would Tiger eat my ram? Should I bother?

Thanks!

Mitch

drush · Post by **drush** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:00 pm

everything is better in tiger from my experience

inis · Post by **inis** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:26 pm

i would, but maybe not the newest version if you can help it. I think people really started to see problems with 10.4.3 on.

netchaiev · Post by **netchaiev** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:26 am

No probs here, X.4.4

sexyboywonder · Post by **sexyboywonder** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:55 am

Solid here with with 10.4.4 Ableton 5.0.3!

M

sqook · Post by **sqook** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:06 am

inis wrote:i would, but maybe not the newest version if you can help it. I think people really started to see problems with 10.4.3 on.

Care to cite an example?

Running 10.4.4 here, runs like a top. I can't imagine going back to 10.3

udp · Post by **udp** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:42 am

Buy it now. Sooo much cooler.

pbajzek · Post by **pbajzek** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:55 am

I loved 10.4.3, in my opinion the best mac OS ever. Then 10.4.4 broke the hell out of my iMac G5. I have all sorts of CoreAudio/firewire problems, and a nasty Energy Saver problem as well (which seems to be somehow related to Firewire/USB, or something). As far as I can tell, I'm the only lucky one with these features. Glad I hadn't put it on my laptop yet.

Aside from this rather crappy snag, I love Tiger.

inis · Post by **inis** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:26 am

sqook wrote:
inis wrote:i would, but maybe not the newest version if you can help it. I think people really started to see problems with 10.4.3 on.
Care to cite an example?

Running 10.4.4 here, runs like a top. I can't imagine going back to 10.3

with 10.4.3 ther were a couple complaints about problems with audio interfaces. adn i have heard 2 or 3 with 10.4.4 reguarding midi controllers, USB hubs etc. Specifically, the computer randomly not recognizing them, and then having to restart to get them to come back up.

I have 10.4.4 and im cool with it. i just thought i would throw that out there. cause i dont remember anything with 10.4.2, and obviously, you dont really get much with these updates.

LOFA · Post by **LOFA** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:35 am

Live 4 works really well on 10.3.9-10.4.2.

Live 5.0.3 is really wierd on 10.4.4.

Everything between those two variations I forget. Rather than taking notes I have been praying. I have had quite few problems with tiger, not specifically tied to Live. My computer is old, however.

Hardware Overview:

Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,2
CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.5f0

leonard · Post by **leonard** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:47 am

I hav'nt been able to get jack-OSX to start up against my Delta audiophile 24-96 on any flavour of 10.4. Other than that I'm quite pleased with it (10.4.4 seems to be going well so far).

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:18 am

I recommend upgrading, except when you're using Logic 6.x, which isn't entirely compatible.

wavejumper · Post by **wavejumper** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:59 am

never a hitch from 10.4.2 to 10.4.3 to 10.4.4

running on imac g5 2ghz, 828mkII and Live 5.0.2

Live 5.0.3 is no go till "DOH" "From the 1.1.1." sets his shit right.

L.

Mac Guys - Should I upgrade to Tiger?

Mac Guys - Should I upgrade to Tiger?

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