OSX 10.6.4 Snow Leopard on Mac G4 867

Hi guys!
I want to know if a G4 867 mhz is capable of running Snow Leopard 10.6.4? I need to know this urgently.
Thanks!

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Furthermore, no G4, nor G5 is an Intel.
Furthermore, no Intel Mac has Classic compatibility. It does have compatibility for PowerPC applications that will run in Mac OS X but limited driver support.
Furthermore, your machine is capable of running normal Leopard, which is all Mac OS X versions 10.5.0 to 10.5.8. However, if you upgrade to 10.5 or later, you'll need to either partition the hard drive to maintain Classic, or setup Mac OS 9 drivers if they aren't already so you can dual boot into 9, since Mac OS X 10.5 does not support Classic. This means erasing the hard drive, or setting up a second ATA, hard drive, or Firewire hard drive with 10.4.11 or earlier, or 9 if your machine was able to boot into 9 before.
No G4 nor G5 offers Boot Camp compatibility. Some no longer easily available emulators exist for G4 and G5 Macs, but only Intel Macs have native Intel Virtualization software available to run Windows and Linux on them.
Apple still sells 10.5 through its online store phone number, but not website. If you get it from another company, be sure it is the full retail that looks like * and does not say Upgrade, Dropin, or OEM on it.
See my upgrade FAQ* before upgrading anything.
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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