Mini 1.4 GHz - run Tiger?

Hi all,
A client had her son wreck her Panther mini's internet connectivity by 'upgrading' to Safari 3.1 for Tiger.
It is a 1.4 GHz with 256 MB RAM.
She is going to get more RAM, will this unit run Tiger? I have never been a big fan of newer software on older hardware, but in my experience, Tiger is pretty harmless?
If anyone could direct me to hardware / OS compatibility charts, I would be grateful, or for any words of wisdom as well.
mr spock

Yes that system will run Tiger just fine - in fact based on performance reports (and my own experience at the time Tiger was released) Tiger may actually seem to run a little faster due to some user interface tweaks, and should be entirely stable.
More RAM is certainly a good idea, and Tiger is a little more demanding than Panther, so at 256Mb, it would be a bit sluggish, but 512Mb or the max of 1Gb it'll be fine. Even so, limiting the number of open applications will give a perfectly functional system with Tiger and the current memory.
I should add that I have run both my PPC minis (1.25 and 1.5 models) with Panther, Tiger and now Leopard. I've not found any problems with any!

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