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upgrading to Snow Leopard??

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Jan 21, 2009
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Hi,

A while back I was asking about upgrading from OS X to Leopard. Well I never got round to it, so now I'm wondering if I should go straight to Snow Leopard.

This is from the system profiler on my Mac.
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 (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz

Is this okay for changing to Snow Leopard?

Cheers.
 
Actually Leopard IS OSX... OSX 10.5.x
Snow Leopard will also be OSX... OSX 10.6.x

Yes, you should be able to run Snow Leopard
But, you will probably want to upgrade your RAM

However, it won't be out until September

Woof, Woof - Dawg
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MacDawg said:
Actually Leopard IS OSX... OSX 10.5.x
Snow Leopard will also be OSX... OSX 10.6.x

Yes, you should be able to run Snow Leopard
But, you will probably want to upgrade your RAM

However, it won't be out until September

Woof, Woof - Dawg
pawprint.gif
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thanks for the release date!!:)
 
If you are looking for a speed boost, maxing-out your RAM would give you the most bang for your buck. As for Leopard/Snow Leopard - if you are fine with ?Tiger, wait the 3 months for Snow Leopard. You won't get much advantage from some of the multicore processing code, but you will have less space taken up on your HD as all PPC code gone. Note, however, you will no longer be able to boot into Classic mode (pre OS X), so if that is important, clone your HD to a bootable external drive with SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner and you can always boot to that drive and have your old system back.
 
hi guys.

I just read on apple.com how to upgrade the RAM - piece of cake:)

but I can't figure out the kind I need??:confused:
 
r.j.s said:
It is. Intels can only access Classic apps through something like Sheepshaver.
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Sorry, my bad. All my iMacs are PPC - didn't remember the OP's specs while I posted. :eek: Yes, you need a 3rd party app on an Intel Mac to do classic. Therefore - max your RAM and wait for Snow Leopard.
 
thanks for the help guys. very grateful.

btw, is all RAM the same - I mean there isn't PC only/MAC only RAM.
 
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