G4 is enough for mac os tiger or not...?

plenty enough. and it will fun it greatly too

it will be plenty....won't run as good as the G5...but it will run it smoothly....

yeh apple wouldn't release a new computer that wouldn't run tiger decent enough.

You noticed it too

Anyway, I would hope so. It's pretty much my only chance at getting a Mac, which I REALLY want, so if it didn't, I would be highly disappointed.

It'll run tiger perfectly fine. As for core image and core video, it'll probably run it but not as well as the higher end graphics cards because it scales down based on your specs.

lemme put it this way: Tiger runs pretty dern well on a Blue and White G3 400.

Yeah, its not as fluid with the cutesy graphic stuff like Expose and the Dashboard, but it runs well enough to be work-functional

corrent me if I am wrong, but isn't Tiger suppost to run faster then panther?

so far, apple has done a great job getting new versions of os x to work even better on older equipment, and i'm sure tiger will be no different. i am sure the mac mini will be no slouch.

it runs smooth on my 800MHz iBook G4 so its bound to run well on a 1.2GHz or 1.4GHz Mac Mini

It runs great on my 1.33ghz powerbook so yes it will run amazing

Yea, my 12" PowerBook 1.33GHz with a GeForce FX 5200 Go runs it amazingly well. You won't get the really fancy effects of Core Image (because the Radeon 9200 doesn't support a few features Core Image needs) but you will get some of the nice OS X eyecandy.

I'm waiting for Tiger getting preloaded into the Mac mini before getting it.

Yes, a G4 will fun Tiger very well!

Funny isn't it, once they announce new products be it the 4th gen iPod the iPod shuffle the iMac G5 or the Mini Mac loads of people rush to the mac section of Neowin and some even get sigs depicting the mac product they want / will purchase..

Oh Mac Mania in sues!

While we are on the tiger running smoothly subject i just have to ask this myself. A G3 700 with 386 ram will run tiger well right? and if I want to put more memory into my laptop, (ibook) will it be as easy as a pc?

1. It'll run pretty well. Apple has a knack for making its software actually run better from release to release.
2. Putting memory in an iBook is pretty darn easy. Lift up the keyboard, take out the Airport Card, unscrew the protection plate, and the memory chip is right there. Arguably not as easy as taking the siding off of a PC (unless you have a horrible case), but very easy for a laptop.

I'm pretty much lost here for OS version for Macs - what are the main differences between Tiger and what the MiniMac is preloaded with? <---- noob.

will it come with only 1 memory slot or will it be 256mb in one slot with a spare slot for upgrade?

Mac mini comes with Panther (10.3) http://www.apple.com/macosx/

Tiger is 10.4 http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger

Have a look at the features. Basically, Tiger is everything in Panther, and then some...

You'll want Tiger, no question.

Elite_graphix - i think it has just one memory slot, which would contain the 256Mb stick. So you'd have to swap it out for an upgrade. I heard Apple might well support a 2Gb stick in there, soon. I believe it'd work, but Apple hasn't certified it for use in the machine yet.

Cheers Steve

No worries, if you're still somewhat lost or whatever, feel free to ask away... We've a good group of regulars on this section of the forums. - Apart from Chad!

Okies, hopefully I'll have the money for one of these pretty soon, but I doubt that I would be able to restrain myself from pre-ordering one even tho I havent read anything apart from the blatantly biased stuff over at Apple.com.

Specifically Id be interested in noise made by the system as well as how well it actually performs in 'real life' and not just in an Apple lab.

That little bitty box cant make too much noise at all. Id imagine its got a fan or 2 like the ones in the G5 iMacs. They've hit a point where the G4 chips just dont need nearly as much cooling as the used to. So one little fan and normal drive noise.

If you want any idea of how it would perform, I'd walk myself down to the nearest apple store and play around with it. But it'll be nice and fast for day-to-day work, you can count on that.

As for anyone else with the "will Tiger run on such and such" question, OSX scales very well. As long as you can handle less of the eye-candy, OS X is gonna run decentlyl on anything Apple recommends it will (anything post-beige G3).