OSX version

[Steve hoppy]

What is the latest version osx for this imac.

Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac5,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 4 MB

Memory: 2 GB

Bus Speed: 667 MHz

 

[keysofanxiety]

What is the latest version osx for this imac.

Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac5,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 4 MB

Memory: 2 GB

Bus Speed: 667 MHz

With 2GB RAM, the max OS is Lion (10.7.5).

However Lion is a massive resource hog and IMO is the worst OS Apple have released in the last decade. I'd recommend sticking/upgrading to Snow Leopard (10.6.8) as it's far smoother on your machine and a lot more stable.

 

[Steve hoppy]

With 2GB RAM, the max OS is Lion (10.7.5).

However Lion is a massive resource hog and IMO is the worst OS Apple have released in the last decade. I'd recommend sticking/upgrading to Snow Leopard (10.6.8) as it's far smoother on your machine and a lot more stable.

Thank you very much for the reply,how could i upgrade my mac to get a more up to date OS ?

 

[keysofanxiety]

Thank you very much for the reply,how could i upgrade my mac to get a more up to date OS ?

Unfortunately you can't. The OS limitation comes from a combination of many things and you can't upgrade the hardware to fix that. There are some ways to 'hack' a newer OS iteration onto unsupported Macs, but the performance is so poor that it's not worth the effort.

The only thing to do would be buying a newer Mac I'm afraid.

 

[Steve hoppy]

Unfortunately you can't. The OS limitation comes from a combination of many things and you can't upgrade the hardware to fix that. There are some ways to 'hack' a newer OS iteration onto unsupported Macs, but the performance is so poor that it's not worth the effort.

The only thing to do would be buying a newer Mac I'm afraid.

Exactly what i expected ....oh well thx for your answers.