which os should i install and why

[kaitlin4599]

i have a 15″ iMac G4 (Late 2003) 1Ghz 15 inch that i picked up for 45$ and i need help deciding which os to install on it i have a choice between the 3 mac os versions below which one should i install and why



Mac OS X 10.1 – code name Puma
Mac OS X 10.2 – also marketed as Jaguar
Mac OS X Panther – 10.3

it has the stock 256mb ram if it matters

 

[casperes1996]

i have a 15″ iMac G4 (Late 2003) 1Ghz 15 inch that i picked up for 45$ and i need help deciding which os to install on it i have a choice between the 3 mac os versions below which one should i install and why

Why not Tiger?
Anyway, what do you want to use it for?

For any real practical use in the modern day, you probably want a Linux distro not macOS. And even then "practical" is perhaps an exaggeration. I have a G4 in my closet as well, and I've got Tiger on it. It runs pretty well, aside from anything at all to do with the internet...

 

[Roman78]

On the Late 2003 you can't install Puma. It needs at least 10.2.3. But i would go for 10.3 or 10.4.

 

[kaitlin4599]

can someone please delete this thread ended up

Why not Tiger?
Anyway, what do you want to use it for?

For any real practical use in the modern day, you probably want a Linux distro not macOS. And even then "practical" is perhaps an exaggeration. I have a G4 in my closet as well, and I've got Tiger on it. It runs pretty well, aside from anything at all to do with the internet...

crap i forgot about tiger lol

 

[casperes1996]

can someone please delete this thread ended up

What?

 

[Project Alice]

Leopard will run too, it’s a G4. But with only 256MB of ram Tiger is the way to go.

 

[Macbookprodude]

Yeah, but Leopard has more support.

 

[DeltaMac]

Late 2003 iMac G4 is a USB 2.0 model, which can be upgraded to 2GB RAM. Still a very nice Mac with Leopard.