Get the most out of my old Mac

I have an old Mac with OSX 10.5.8 - assuming that I am not in a position to replace the right now, what is the best performance I can get out, via upgrades etc. ?? Any help appreciated

I have an old Mac running 10.5.8.  It's a Power Mac G5, and I could use it as my Mac primary (for most things), if my Intel Mac mini came down.  It has 4 GB of RAM; It could go much higher (up to 16 GB), but 4GB seems to be more than enough for the race of Leopard.  It has a 128 GB SSD as the startup disk, and the other internal drive is a hard drive 2 TB.  The currently-installed video card is stock - nothing special, good enough for my application.

It is connected to the TV in the living room for display; It is "hidden" behind the HDTV.  It uses my system stereo as its speakers.  It acts as my network storage "data dump".  I can watch videos on web sites like YouTube (although less of it since getting an Apple TV), as long as the web site uses based on HTML5 video (not Flash video-based).  The latest version of iTunes for Mac PowerPC (10.6.3) still work with current iTunes game service, so I can listen to my library of music complete iTunes on this subject.  Since it's next to my stereo system, I did and still do audio recording (using an older version of GarageBand).  For example, to scan tapes and old LPs of music.  I also use it to record audio from my TV decoder.

I don't know if you have an iMac G4 or G5.  If it is a G5, it can substantially benefit an SSD, because it has a SATA interface.  For a G4, because of its old PATA interface, an SSD is probably less effective to increase overall performance.  But it would probably improve things like startup time, and it can benefit an iMac (G4 or G5) by producing less heat and making less power compared to a standard 3.5-inch hard drive (less stress on the aging system).  Certainly maximize its RAM.  Storage and RAM - you can't really do anything else internally, since this is an iMac.

For the software, Use TenFourFox as their web browser.  Safari for 10.5.8 is old and does not have to be updated over the years.  TenFourFox is a special version of FireFox, actively maintained by a dedicated developer, optimized for Mac PowerPC under Tiger or Leopard.

http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/

TenFourFox, that's what makes my PowerMac G5 can still be used as a computer 'every day', more than any of its hardware upgrades.

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