Hi, I'm new to mac and wonder what are the requirements for mac osx? I'm planning to get the old ibook G4, and I heard it will run. But will the laptop be good enough to have all those eye candy that the 10.5 osx offers?
thanks
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I think you'd be out of luck.
A lot of the eyecandy in OS X 10.5 depends on the Core Image and Core Animation frameworks. These require somewhat more modern GPU's. You can see a list of compatible GPU's here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_Image#Compatible_GPUs
And you can read more about Core Animation here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_Animation
The iBook G4 had a mobility radeon 9200 with only 32 megs of VRAM, so it is not supported (and even if it was, performance probably would not be all that great).
OS X will still run fine, just a lot of the fancy effects, etc. are going to be turned off. If the eyecandy does matter to you, you might want to look into a somewhat newer machine, depending on what your budget is. -
As long as you got the most recent version of the Ibook you'd be able to run it; it would need to have the ATI Radeon 9550 (which was standard in the last updated Ibook before the Macbooks were released). If you can afford it get a Macbook, even if it's a used one: it will be compatible with everything on OSX for a lot longer.
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Ahh, sorry about that, I was looking at the previous iBook G4:
http://support.apple.com/specs/ibook/iBook_G4_Mid_2005.html
I wonder how well Core Image/Core Animation will perform on that though; there was something about how it has barely acceptable performance with the GeForce FX 5200, but I'm not sure how that compares to the Radeon 9550.
I have to think that any of the OS X 10.5 stuff like Spaces, etc. would probably not be that smooth though. -
thanks for the info, I may try look for the 2005 ibook version one, one pros I notice on the ibook packs a powerful video card which is pretty good for during those time. I have a thinkpad x31, released to be around the same time as the ibook g4, but only have ati 7000 which is very depressing compare to a 9200 ati.
But sadly they just aren't gonna make another 12" ibooks... -
Even dimension wise, it isn't that different, even though the 13.3" MacBook has a larger widescreen display.
The dimensions of the 12" iBook G4 were:
height: 1.35 inches
width: 11.2 inches
depth: 9.06 inches
weight: 4.9 pounds
And the dimensions of the 13.3" MacBook are:
height: 1.08 inches
width: 12.78 inches
depth: 8.92 inches
weight: 5.2 pounds
So basically, the MacBook is thinner and less deep, while only being a bit wider and .3 pounds heavier, yet it packs considerably more power.
-Zadillo
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