Can I upgrade the OS on a "G4 APPLE MAC G4 867MHZ 896MB Ram" computer?

I'm new to Mac computers and wanted to know if I can (and if it is a good to) upgrade the operating system and if so...which OS would work on the older PowerMac that I just bought: PowerMac "G4 APPLE MAC G4 867MHZ 896MB 59GB HD-WIRELESS CARD. " It has "Mac OS 10.4, Tiger". I do plan to add more RAM.

Thanks : ) Asked by shara7 59 months ago Similar questions: upgrade OS G4 APPLE MAC 867MHZ 896MB Ram computer Computers > Software.

Similar questions: upgrade OS G4 APPLE MAC 867MHZ 896MB Ram computer.

Doesn't Sound As Though You Need To You say "It has "Mac OS 10.4, Tiger". I do plan to add more RAM. " -- and you should be fine right there.

OS X 10.4 Tiger is the latest OS X operating system that's been released, and it ought to run well enough on that G4 you've got, particularly if you go ahead and upgrade the RAM. The next version of OS X, Leopard, isn't out yet, but you're probably fine with Tiger. In case you are mistaken and you do not have 10.4 Tiger, then yes, it would be a good idea to upgrade to 10.4 Tiger from whatever it is you have.An 867mhz G4 is certainly old enough that it did not ship with Tiger, so if it's on there then whomever sold you the computer did you a favor.

Add more RAM and you ought to be happy. I used to have a 500mhz G4 powerbook I used for break/fix testing and Tiger ran fine on there, so your 867mhz G4 should be just fine. TeeSeeJay's Recommendations Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual Amazon List Price: $29.95 Used from: $13.07 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 79 reviews) .

Go to Apple Support Downloads and bring your operating system up to 10.4.8. Updates are good. Go to Apple Support Downloads and bring your operating system up to 10.4.8.

Also, enable notification of available Software Updates by choosing System Preferences under your Apple menu (top-left corner). System Prefs are arranged by topic. This is a "System" topic.

Click "Software Update" and check off the Check for Updates option and select at the very least the "Weekly" option in the pull-down menu. My experience: Apple software updates are beneficial, and rarely, rarely "dis-improvements. " You can have your system ignore certain updates (go to the Update pull-down menu up top) that may have no bearing on your set-up -- for example, AirPort updates if Airport is not installed.

The popular iTunes updates are usually crucial for continued use. The upcoming version of Mac OS is code-named "Leopard. " Steve Jobs of Apple did not speak of it yesterday at his convention address, but it's on for 2007.

When the op system moves to a whole new animal, so to speak, from Tiger to Leopard, I wait for the reviews (MacFixit and Apple's discussions in Support, plus blogs, etc. ) before I move up. Usually there's a cost of about a hundred bucks when switiching animals, so I want to make sure that it's what I want. Sources: Off the top of my head.

Right now Tiger's latest version is 10.4.8, which you can update to via Software Update if it hasn't already been... Leopard, once it comes out, will work fine on it as is, but the more ram, the better - max that baby out! :) .

Currently OS 10.4 is the highest operating system avaliable. Using online updateing through software update you can get updates to 10.4.6 but this is not a significant update for the OS just bug fixes ect..., so currently OS 10.4 is the highest operating system avaliable. When they do release OS 10.5 it should be able to upgrade, but due to the recent switch to intel chips I am not 100% if the power PC chips will stll be supported.

Sources: my knowledge .

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