I bought this iMac about two weeks ago...

replacing an old G5 PowerMac running Tiger. It came preloaded with Lion. I'm very unhappy with Lion's performance and, short of trying to get a refund for this iMac, I'd like to reload a "stable" version of OSX. Is this possible? I have no install discs. This is interesting to me because the G5 came with one: this one came with only a tiny keyboard and a tempermental mouse, where only a few of the functions it's touted to possess actually work. 
This iMac has 12 Gigs of RAM (three times the RAM on the G5) and 512 Megs of video memory (again, more than the old one) still the performance is markedly less than the PowerPC. My old Tiger runs circles around this so-called "Lion". I don't know what's going on with Apple but after dropping $1,600. on this iMac, I want better performance. This computer is used for very basic web surfing, email and photo manipulation. No Autocad or anything that would bog it down.
2.7 Gig Core i5, Radeon HD 6770M 512 Megs. OSX Lion 10.7.2
Any help is appreciated. Be well.
Gus

g.olafsen wrote:
replacing an old G5 PowerMac running Tiger. It came preloaded with Lion. I'm very unhappy with Lion's performance and, short of trying to get a refund for this iMac, I'd like to reload a "stable" version of OSX. Is this possible? I have no install discs. This is interesting to me because the G5 came with one: this one came with only a tiny keyboard and a tempermental mouse, where only a few of the functions it's touted to possess actually work. 
This iMac has 12 Gigs of RAM (three times the RAM on the G5) and 512 Megs of video memory (again, more than the old one) still the performance is markedly less than the PowerPC. My old Tiger runs circles around this so-called "Lion". I don't know what's going on with Apple but after dropping $1,600. on this iMac, I want better performance. This computer is used for very basic web surfing, email and photo manipulation. No Autocad or anything that would bog it down.
2.7 Gig Core i5, Radeon HD 6770M 512 Megs. OSX Lion 10.7.2
Any help is appreciated. Be well.
Gus
Take it back. asap. It should be running flawlessly from the store. If you don't like Lion, it will be difficult to change back to SL on a brand new iMac, but good luck.

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