[Scottipod]

Hi everyone
I have an Ibook 800Mhz. the system requirements of the Ipod Nano say you must have OS X 10.4. My first question is because my computer is not that new will i experience performance problems with the new OS?
Secondly, the requirements say you must have built in USB 2.0. Does the Ibook 800Mhz have this?
Thanks for your reply.

[lkalliance]

I've got roughly the same iBook, and I do run Tiger on it, and it's acceptable. BUT it must be noted that these days I use the iBook rarely...my standards for its performance are probably not high, so take it with a grain of salt. Oh, and my RAM is maxed out.
That said, I reiterate that I find Tiger's performance OK on my iBook (come to think of it, why shouldn't I? The history of OS X is that successive builds seem to run better, not worse, though they become less inclusive of older hardware).
Unfortunately, I don't think yours has USB 2.0. To check you can use your system profiler, and select USB. It's a little cryptic in there, but if you find reference to speed up to 480 Mb/sec then you've got USB 2.

[MacCheetah3]

Hi
Originally posted by Scottipod

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My first question is because my computer is not that new will i experience performance problems with the new OS?

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Tiger will be 'fine'. I'd highly suggest at least 512MB of RAM -- I like OWC -- but the more the merrier.
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Secondly, the requirements say you must have built in USB 2.0. Does the Ibook 800Mhz have this?

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iBook G4s are the only machines with USB 2.0. You can use 1.1 but the initial transfer will be lengthy.