Leopard on 1.5GHz G4 mac mini ?

i have a mac mini 1.5GHz G4 with 512MB ram.
do you guys think leopard will run OK on this? i won't be using it for anything strenious, just itunes, torrents, browsing etc.

I have 10.5.3 running on my 1.5 G4 mini with 512Mb RAM and it runs just fine - pretty much the same as it did with Tiger before it. Typically MacOS releases don't run notably worse than the previous ones as long as the system is within the minimum spec Apple quote. I suspect that since it's possible to install Leopard on systems below minimum spec, what Apple do is basically declare the point at which they anticipate the new OS will run insufficiently well to be equal to the old. In the case of Leopard, that's well below the spec of the mini you have.
As to adding more RAM, mine is used for iTunes playback and sharing, movie playback and other media and it runs very well. More RAM is useful if you run multiple apps, and Leopard will bog the system down a little more readily if you're running a number of memory-hogs together, but it's not as critical or problematic as many people would seem to make out when this question gets asked.
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