Is my 17" intel processor

[Dal123]

I'm thinking of upgrading to snow leopard but not sure if my 17" powerbook G4 can handle it. I have tried looking at 'about this mac' and have only found this as the closest relevance:

Hardware Overview:

Machine Name: PowerBook G4 17"
Machine Model: PowerBook5,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.33 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Any help appreciated?

 

[farmboy1]

No Its a G4

 

[Dal123]

Cheers mate, never mind, I'll just have to live with it .

 

[mrsir2009]

You can install Leopard though. And there are hacks if you really want to install SL

 

[palmerc2]

I read on someone on here installed SL with a PowerPC processor....I think he said he did a clean install. Someone else pointed out something around the lines of "interested, I guess SL does not do a system check when installing it"

Don't hold me to it though....google?

 

[old-wiz]

I read on someone on here installed SL with a PowerPC processor....I think he said he did a clean install. Someone else pointed out something around the lines of "interested, I guess SL does not do a system check when installing it"

Don't hold me to it though....google?

Snow leopard wil not install or run on PPC. Most of the code is Intel only, although there are still some bits of PPC.

 

[maflynn]

I read on someone on here installed SL with a PowerPC processor....

Impossible, apple removed much of the PPC code from OSX to achieve the smaller footprint. Not all of the code has been removed, many of the CLI utilities still have PPC code, but the main frameworks for OSX no longer have the appropriate PPC code, thus making it impossible to run on a G5/G4/G3

 

[Maserati7200]

Someone else pointed out something around the lines of "interested, I guess SL does not do a system check when installing it"

Don't hold me to it though....google?

I think I said that...

 

[seb-opp]

I read on someone on here installed SL with a PowerPC processor....I think he said he did a clean install. Someone else pointed out something around the lines of "interested, I guess SL does not do a system check when installing it"

Don't hold me to it though....google?

surely that was about installing SL on a tiger machine, without upgrading to leopard in between?