Which MacMini with Panther or Tiger??

[UltraNEO*]

Hiya folks, I don't nowt about the MacMini so I'm asking you folks for a little help... Maybe someone can tell me which version of the MacMini is able to run either Panther OS and which does Tiger.

I'm thinking of buying either a used or new MacMini for one purpose. I need to set up a local test webserver, I don't wanna do it on my main system cause there's a chance it'll make the OS unstable for general uses.

Thanks

 

[TrapOx]

Only the first generation Mini 1.25/1.42 G4 minis can run 10.3.7 and all can run Leopard.

 

[falterego]

I have a first gen Mini with the 1.25 GHz G4 processor. It came with Tiger, and the newer Mini's obviously are coming with Leopard. I would imagine they should all be able to run Panther if that is what you need to use.

 

[iBookG4user]

Rev A Mac Mini originally came with Panther (1.25GHz and 1.42GHz)
Rev B Mac Mini originally came with Tiger (1.33GHz and 1.5GHz)

 

[stukdog]

Even the current gen can run Tiger. Customers have us clone the Tiger OS on all the time for apps that don't run well on Leopard.

 

[ADent]

I have two intel minis (1.8 and 2.0) of the latest version and the first shipped with Tiger and I got the Leopard upgrade disks. The later came with Leopard installed, but I had to install Tiger to work around an NFS bug and it worked fine.

Everymac says the 1.25 and 1.42 GHz G4 minis originally shipped with 10.3. My dead 1.42 GHz mini shipped with 10.4 - never tried to install 10.3.

The later silent upgrade 1.5GHz mini's shipped with 10.4. Don't know if 10.3 is installable, but I would not count on it.

 

[UltraNEO*]

Thanks for all your help. Just about to pick up a soon to be replaced Mac Mini.
...I know i should wait but for a project that pays, baahh.. it'll be fine.

*fingers crossed*

 

[soLoredd]

I have a Rev A 1.25 Mini and it came with 10.3 install disks but the person I bought it from upgraded it to 10.4.11 prior to selling. It would be nice to be able to erase and start from scratch using 10.4 but I am unable to find any *decent* priced Tiger upgrade DVDs. They're all much more expensive than they should be and its usually a server edition.

I guess my next question would be - can iTunes 8 run under Panther? I only use the Mini for iTunes server.

 

[MrZebra]

I guess my next question would be - can iTunes 8 run under Panther? I only use the Mini for iTunes server.

No it can't.

 

[nick9191]

I'm thinking of buying either a used or new MacMini for one purpose. I need to set up a local test webserver, I don't wanna do it on my main system cause there's a chance it'll make the OS unstable for general uses.

Thanks

Yes, because a couple of HTML requests will bog down an 8 core Mac Pro