OS 10.3.9... possible?

I have an older IMAC, that I really like a great deal, and would like to save from retirement as a dedicated recording computer if possible, and would VERY much like to run reaper on it, now that it seems the OSX version is working pretty good. I *could* update the operating system, and install a bigger drive, more ram, but it'll still have that PPC processor... and I like 10.3.9 to be honest. Is there any chance I could run Reaper on this machine with 10.3.9? If not, with an updated OS, but still the PPC processor? It's been a great machine and I'd like very much not to have to ditch it, I'd like to give it a new life. Thanks for any help or insight... Randal

After furthur searching I found the answers, time for a new mac is the answer I'm getting. Thanks for the forum, by the way, it's great... Randal

If your mac is a G4, then 10.4.x will work.. but it'll be pretty slow... :/

How old is this iMac? I'm running Leopard on my 1GHz G4, it works about as good as good as Panther did...

i think all you need is tiger osx 10.4 and you'll be fine.

Oh wow, get a new OS X, if you dug Panther you're gonna really dig Leopard (or Tiger). I got very frustrated with Panther because nothing ran on it anymore, Tiger was the base for any programs I wanted to try. Spaces, for one, is well worth it. Edit: Oh yeah, you really want more RAM in there, no matter what OS you're running.

Hmm, so an upgrade in the OS to 10.4 or 10.5 and I could be in business? Well, cool, not to be to much of a butt-ache, but if someone could confirm they are running 10.4 or 10.5 on a G5 PPC and with Reaper, that would be excellent, and very helpfull. I hate the thought of taking a still perfectly good piece of hardware like this old Imac and banishing it to the closet just cause it's outdated, if I could make it my dedicated home set-up, it would work well for me all around. Personally, for what I'm doing, I would rarely see a track count exceeding 16-18 tracks, perhaps 20 very rarely, and likely 8 or 10 as the norm. 24/48, four mics in max, that's about the extent of the load I'd have. Thanks, again, the forum here shows the same openeness and helpfullness that brought me to Reaper in the first place. Randal