Tiger or Leopard. Which Is Best?

I have been asked this question so many times and both are truely amazing versions of Mac OSX. Previous versions were quite slow and glitchy and Apple really hit the nail on the head with Tiger.

It is great for older machines and performs better than previous versions. Ive used it on anything that will run it and some that officially wont, including my PowerBook G3, a tray loading iMac G3, a slot loading iMac G3 DV, a PowerBook G4, PowerMac G3 B&W, PowerMac G4 Cube, eMac G4 and Intel iMac.

They have all handled it very well. Leopard on the otherhand is very resource hungry and I have it on my Intel iMac. I have also had it running on my PowerBook G4 (a 400Mhz model, well below Apples minimum spec).

Both operating systems are very similar, with Leopard having some nice graphical UI touches and easier networking.

Out of the two I would choose Tiger any day and while it performs very well on older hardware, it positively screams along on newer machines.

My Intel iMac running Leopard is slower than it was running Tiger to a noticeable degree and for shear muscle power and blinding speed have contemplated switching back a number of times, but something has stopped me.

Maybe Snow Leopard (Apples next version of OSX) will put these speed issues to rest and be one more nail in the now ageing Tiger, but even then I and many others will continue to love it and use it.