Downgrade to Snow Leopard with iMac 2011?

[Cantello]

Being fed up with the constant freezes in Lion and seeing that no help wil come, I thought that a downgrade to SL is in order. How can I do this the least painful way? First backup the machine with Time Machine, then install SL and restore with TM again? Will that give any problems I should be aware of?

Is the new iMac even compatible with SL as it has Lion factory-installed?

 

[merrickdrfc]

You will need a SL disk with at least version 10.6.7 (I believe) to support the Sandy Bridge processors in the 2011 iMac.

Also not sure if you can use a Lion TM backup with SL,

 

[TehFalcon]

You will need a SL disk with at least version 10.6.7 (I believe) to support the Sandy Bridge processors in the 2011 iMac.

Also not sure if you can use a Lion TM backup with SL,

No. It supported Sandy Bridge CPU's but not the new AMD Radeon Cards. DO NOT DOWNGRADE, you will have many problems running it..

 

[merrickdrfc]

No. It supported Sandy Bridge CPU's but not the new AMD Radeon Cards. DO NOT DOWNGRADE, you will have many problems running it..

The 2011 iMac's came out in march/april, Lion was released in July? SL is compatible with the 2011 iMac's and MBP's, just not the 2011 MBA's and Mini's.

 

[Taz Mangus]

Being fed up with the constant freezes in Lion and seeing that no help wil come, I thought that a downgrade to SL is in order. How can I do this the least painful way? First backup the machine with Time Machine, then install SL and restore with TM again? Will that give any problems I should be aware of?

Is the new iMac even compatible with SL as it has Lion factory-installed?

Have you contacted Apple support about the issues you are having with your new iMac. My 2011 iMac came pre-installed with SL. I did a clean install of Lion and have had no freezes or lockups so I suspect that maybe something else is causing the issue.

 

[blackomega31]

I still cant fathom why people call going to lion to snow leopard a downgrade. if your getting more features, more stability and better usability its an upgrade yes?

 

[colourfastt]

I still cant fathom why people call going to lion to snow leopard a downgrade. if your getting more features, more stability and better usability its an upgrade yes?

I always refer going from Lion to SL as an UPGRADE.

 

[Jerome Morrow]

27" i5 iMac here - running just fine. No issues at all.

 

[fredou]

You will need a SL disk with at least version 10.6.7 (I believe) to support the Sandy Bridge processors in the 2011 iMac.

Also not sure if you can use a Lion TM backup with SL,

Imac 2011 came out in May with 10.6.6 DVD. So this mean any install with 10.6.6 or above will work.