Can I install Snow Leopard on a Macbook 2,1? It has 10.4.11 on it now.
2GHz Intel Core Duo
1 GB RAM
2GHz Intel Core Duo
1 GB RAM
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Snow Leopard on Macbook 2,1?
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Apple states the following basic Snow Leopard system requirements are:
- Mac computer with an Intel processor (IA-32). "Yonah" processors such as Core Solo and Core Duo can run only 32-bit applications; later x86-64 architecture processors such as Core 2 Duo are also able to run 64-bit applications.
- 1 GB of RAM
- 5 GB of free disk space
- DVD drive (also accessible via Remote Disc) or external USB or FireWire DVD drive for installation
I really recommend having 2gb of ram for snow leopard. It will use more ram when idle than tiger. Eg ,kernel task(your kernel) will use around 200 a 300mb of your ram. Stick a browser on top of that will dive ram total use up to 600mb. Add in 64mb more for integrated graphics etc. .
Going from tiger to 10.6 on my old computer was definitely worth it though. The computer was an old pentium 4 hackintosh, much older than your laptop. System performed better than when on tiger which is amazing considering that the computer came out in 2005.
Going from tiger to 10.6 on my old computer was definitely worth it though. The computer was an old pentium 4 hackintosh, much older than your laptop. System performed better than when on tiger which is amazing considering that the computer came out in 2005.