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Leopard - To buy or not to buy....

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beavc

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Oct 18, 2007
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Hi all,

I have an iMac (2 gen back) running on Tiger and am considering whether to get Leopard now. I know I am about 2 years late...but really need some advice on whether to go ahead and upgrade it...I have considered Snow Leopard but figured my iMac may not meet the specs...

Many thanks in advance...:eek:
 
Are you on a PowerPC based iMac? If so, Snow Leopard may not be good for you.

If you have an Intel chip, don't waste your money on Leopard now because Snow Leopard will most certainly not be a free upgrade.



beavc said:
Hi all,

I have an iMac (2 gen back) running on Tiger and am considering whether to get Leopard now. I know I am about 2 years late...but really need some advice on whether to go ahead and upgrade it...I have considered Snow Leopard but figured my iMac may not meet the specs...

Many thanks in advance...:eek:
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I'd just wait until SL comes out and see if you can upgrade it. I can't remember if you need the previous version of OS X to install the new one though... anyone care to enlighten? Can you go from Panther to Leopard, or do you have to do Panther -> Tiger -> Leopard?
 
I have the intel chip version (white plastic iMac - 2 gen before the current)

True, but my concern is with whether my iMac will be able to run Snow Leopard...hmmm...

anyway thank you all very much..:)
 
One word of caution though. Once Snow Leopard comes out, it will become next to impossible to get Leopard, really quick. First, Apple will immediately stop selling it, and when the sales channels run out, that's it. So if you think you want to get Leopard, you should get it soon.

Just look at how many places are still selling Tiger at affordable prices. :D Granted, it's almost 2 years since Leopard came out, but I remember that soon after it did come out, Tiger went extinct real fast.
 
apfhex said:
Nope.

If you have an Intel Mac, it's practically guaranteed that you'll be able to run Snow Leopard. If you can wait, more info should be announced at WWDC in June.
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Dont forget that the Core Duos are 32bit (x86) only. So if Apple kicks out all PPC machines giving this as a major reason... and thats a possibility considering Apple is kicking everything 32bit out of SL.... the Core Duo Macs get a kick too!!
 
DualShock said:
One word of caution though. Once Snow Leopard comes out, it will become next to impossible to get Leopard, really quick. First, Apple will immediately stop selling it, and when the sales channels run out, that's it. So if you think you want to get Leopard, you should get it soon.

Just look at how many places are still selling Tiger at affordable prices. :D Granted, it's almost 2 years since Leopard came out, but I remember that soon after it did come out, Tiger went extinct real fast.
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Where are these 'many places' that are still selling Tiger at affordable prices?
I would like to know, because I need to upgrade a G4 iMac which is running Panther 10.3.9 at the moment.
I am in the UK and the places I have tried - Amazon and eBay - want top price for Tiger ...
Any suggestions (none rude!) will be gratefully received!
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DualShock said:
One word of caution though. Once Snow Leopard comes out, it will become next to impossible to get Leopard, really quick.
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On the contrary, some people who upgraded to Leopard first and Snow Leopard next will sell their used Leopard software on eBay, so there is a good chance to get it cheap.

voicebox said:
Where are these 'many places' that are still selling Tiger at affordable prices?
I would like to know, because I need to upgrade a G4 iMac which is running Panther 10.3.9 at the moment.
I am in the UK and the places I have tried - Amazon and eBay - want top price for Tiger ...
Any suggestions (none rude!) will be gratefully received!
voicebox
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Right now on eBay two complete packages, one for £26, one for £9.50 at the moment with 7 and 9 hours to go.
 
Apple Ink said:
Dont forget that the Core Duos are 32bit (x86) only. So if Apple kicks out all PPC machines giving this as a major reason... and thats a possibility considering Apple is kicking everything 32bit out of SL.... the Core Duo Macs get a kick too!!
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But the new gen of iMacs are duo core right? so quite unlikely the 32bit will be phased out with SL right? :confused:
 
gnasher729 said:
On the contrary, some people who upgraded to Leopard first and Snow Leopard next will sell their used Leopard software on eBay, so there is a good chance to get it cheap.



Right now on eBay two complete packages, one for £26, one for £9.50 at the moment with 7 and 9 hours to go.
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Thanks for the heads up gnasher729, I'll head on over to eBay right now ...!

Update: Both items seem to be for Intel Macs only - I'm wanting Tiger for a G4 iMac - therefore it must be PPC and not Intel ..!
 
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