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OmniX · Apr 17, 2005, 05:56 PM

Will Tiger require more RAM? I'm assuming the answer is yes, but has anyone had experience with this, or received guidance from official Apple sources? I'm running Panther with 512MB currently -- i wonder if this will suffice for Tiger?

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Apr 17, 2005, 06:01 PM

Have you read the system requirements?

Chuckit · Apr 17, 2005, 06:11 PM

I have received guidance from official Apple sources. They indicate that your RAM will suffice, and they also indicate that I'm 11 years old for giggling every time I hear the phrase "require more RAM."

Athens · Apr 18, 2005, 05:19 AM

hope my 256 will be enough

mac15 · Apr 18, 2005, 05:32 AM

256mb is the minimum, to run OS X decently you need atleast 512mb.

OreoCookie · Apr 18, 2005, 05:45 AM

Well, I wouldn't recommend running Panther on less than 512 MB (memory is cheap!!), so I wouldn't suppose Tiger isn't any different

Millennium · Apr 18, 2005, 07:13 AM

Last I checked, the minimum was still 256 megs. However, the old maxim "You can never have too much RAM" still holds; more is better.

Don Pickett · Apr 18, 2005, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

. . .they also indicate that I'm 11 years old for giggling every time I hear the phrase "require more RAM."

What do you do when someone asks you what's plugged into your ports?

turtle777 · Apr 18, 2005, 10:12 AM

What ? It will not run on my 32 MB 80 GHz Performa ? I'm gonna sue Apple...

-t

Millennium · Apr 18, 2005, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

What ? It will not run on my 32 MB 80 GHz Performa ? I'm gonna sue Apple...

-t

Don't laugh too much; there were people who complained when the first release of the old Mac OS that wouldn't fit on a floppy came out.

I'm not actually certain when that was, though, to be honest; way up into the OS8 days, it was possible to strip the system down severely to the point where you could fit it onto a floppy disk. I don't think it was possible with OS9, though. 8.1 may have been the last release you could do it with.

mitchell_pgh · Apr 18, 2005, 10:52 AM

I hope 32MB is enough.

larkost · Apr 18, 2005, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

What ? It will not run on my 32 MB 80 GHz Performa ? I'm gonna sue Apple...

You have an 80 Gigahertz Performa? Wow... talk about overclocking!

Marcus Karlsson · Apr 18, 2005, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by Millennium

Don't laugh too much; there were people who complained when the first release of the old Mac OS that wouldn't fit on a floppy came out.

I'm not actually certain when that was, though, to be honest; way up into the OS8 days, it was possible to strip the system down severely to the point where you could fit it onto a floppy disk. I don't think it was possible with OS9, though. 8.1 may have been the last release you could do it with.

I have Mac OS 8.6 on one (1) single floppy.

Millennium · Apr 18, 2005, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by Marcus Karlsson

I have Mac OS 8.6 on one (1) single floppy.

OK; maybe it was 8.6 then. Like I said, I wasn't certain; I clearly remembered OS8 floppies but I didn't remember OS8.5 or OS8.6 ones. I'm now hearing reports that you can even do it with OS9, though I've never seen anyone do that and I seem to remember reading articles around that time stating that it wasn't possible anymore.

OreoCookie · Apr 18, 2005, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by Millennium

OK; maybe it was 8.6 then. Like I said, I wasn't certain; I clearly remembered OS8 floppies but I didn't remember OS8.5 or OS8.6 ones. I'm now hearing reports that you can even do it with OS9, though I've never seen anyone do that and I seem to remember reading articles around that time stating that it wasn't possible anymore.

But how useful is this? Isn't a system like this crippled ...?

Don Pickett · Apr 18, 2005, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by OreoCookie

But how useful is this? Isn't a system like this crippled ...?

It was most often used as an emergency disk. If, for some reason, your drive or install was so screwed that it wouldn't boot you could boot off a floppy which gives you the option to run Disk Utility, or TTP/Disk Warrior from a CD, etc. It's similar to having an OS X install on an external Firewire drive.

turtle777 · Apr 18, 2005, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by larkost

You have an 80 Gigahertz Performa? Wow... talk about overclocking!

-t

Millennium · Apr 18, 2005, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by Don Pickett

It was most often used as an emergency disk. If, for some reason, your drive or install was so screwed that it wouldn't boot you could boot off a floppy which gives you the option to run Disk Utility, or TTP/Disk Warrior from a CD, etc. It's similar to having an OS X install on an external Firewire drive.

Exactly. It wasn't much, but if it could get you to a state where you could run DFA or a similar utility then it was worth its weight in plutonium.

discotronic · Apr 18, 2005, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by Millennium

Exactly. It wasn't much, but if it could get you to a state where you could run DFA or a similar utility then it was worth its weight in plutonium.

That was the most handy item to have back in the OS 8 days. I remember when I bought OS 8 it actually came with a bootable floppy. It saved my behind many times on my old PowerBook 540c.

I sure don't miss those days.