Leopard Install on Quicksilver Dual 867 G4

I have just completed installing Leopard on my Quicksilver Dual 867 G4 and if an one else wants to try look out for the following:
[1] If you have a isub this causes chaos and needs to be
unplugged unfortunately (Check other posts for details)
Hopefully this may be cured in an update as even though the
the apple pro speakers are good I miss the isub
[2] Spotlight takes ages to index the drive and you are better off leaving the
machine alone while it indexes the drive due to the high CPU useage
(I had the activity monitor running to keep an eye on things during the
indexing)
[3] Time Machine worked fine on an internal 200Gb drive although again its best
to leave it over night
[4] My Iomega Rev 35 usb drive is read only. Hopefully Iomega will release an
updated driver at some point.
Apart from the above everything is running fine and works very well even though
the Dual 867 is 5 years old. No speed issues which is not bad for a machine which meets the minimum spec!

I can't say for certain, but I've lurked around these forums for awhile, and I can say it seems you will be very unhappy with Logic 8. Why chance it? If 7 is working for you, stick with it, and use the $500 you would have spent on Logic Studio towards a newer computer that will let Logic be happy on it.
Merry Christmas!

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