Upgrading my 5 year old MacBook Pro

[thejimib]

Hey guys,
Firstly I'm sure this has been covered before so please don't get angry at me, there's so many posts on here I didn't know where to start.

So I have a MacBook Pro I purchased June 2006 running 10.4.11
Processor 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo
Memory 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

It's been great and worked fine all this time but I mainly use my PC for uni related stuff.


I need to upgrade to 10.6 to run the iOS SDK 4.3 as I want to start making iphone apps in my spare time.

1. Will this MacBook Pro be able to handle 10.6?
2. Would I be able to install the Snow Leopard disc straight from Tiger?
3. Would it be best to format my MacBook Pro and install Snow Leopard from scratch? (as I haven't formatted this computer since I have had it)
4. What will happen when Lion 10.7 comes out?

Thanks guys, any help would be greatly appreciated. As I am a student buying a whole new computer right now is out of the question so I am hoping I will be able to make do with this one for a little while.

 

[dukebound85]

Yes, you can run SL on it and it will be fine. I had a 2006 mb running it just fine. The SL "upgrade" disc for 30 bucks will allow you to do a complete install from scratch

Concerning Lion, you won't be able to run it as it will require a core2duo machine and above

 

[thejimib]

OK Cool, I'll pick up Snow Leopard then.
Would I be right in assuming that the next iOS SDK will require Lion to run? Or would I be ok with Snow Leopard for a little while longer?