Will Snow Leopard work on my MacBook?

[Memx]

I have the old glossy white MacBook (13.3" 2.1GHz 120 GB) and have seen that there is a new Leopard coming in 2009. Will i be able to buy the new software and install it on my MacBook? or will i have to buy a new MacBook altogether?

 

[iBookG4user]

It will work just fine on your MacBook.

 

[Tallest Skil]

It will work just fine on your MacBook.

Snow Leopard might not work on 32-bit machines, but yours is 64-bit, so it should be fine.

 

[iBookG4user]

Snow Leopard might not work on 32-bit machines, but yours is 64-bit, so it should be fine.

Yes, I did know because the 2.1GHz MacBook is a Core 2 Duo. The Core Duo MacBooks only went up to 2GHz.

 

[Memx]

thanks guys.
i was just asking because my father has an old powerbook g5, on which he wanted to install leopard, and it didn't work.

 

[dukebound85]

Snow Leopard might not work on 32-bit machines, but yours is 64-bit, so it should be fine.

it better work! i love my core duo

 

[Memx]

will it be expensive?

 

[Chundles]

thanks guys.
i was just asking because my father has an old powerbook g5, on which he wanted to install leopard, and it didn't work.

Did he buy it from a guy in an elevator?

 

[Osarkon]

it better work! i love my core duo

Ditto. I can't see why they wouldn't make it work on them.

 

[jodelli]

thanks guys.
i was just asking because my father has an old powerbook g5, on which he wanted to install leopard, and it didn't work.

I love those old Power Book G5s.

 

[xUKHCx]

will it be expensive?

We don't know about pricing yet. Apple is currently selling Leopard for £83 so expect it to be around that price point.

Ditto. I can't see why they wouldn't make it work on them.

I can see one reason , 32 bit vs 64 bit.

I think we will know a lot more in 2 days time.

 

[dukebound85]

We don't know about pricing yet. Apple is currently selling Leopard for £83 so expect it to be around that price point.



I can see one reason , 32 bit vs 64 bit.

I think we will know a lot more in 2 days time.

but but but core duos are so recent lol

 

[Ploki]

i thought leopard was ppc compatible

 

[bartelby]

i thought leopard was ppc compatible

There's a minimum spec though. Not all PPCs are fast enough.

 

[xUKHCx]

i thought leopard was ppc compatible

Leopard is, Snow Leopard (from reports) sounds like it may not be.

 

[Scarlet Fever]

i thought leopard was ppc compatible

it is, but it requires a G4 of 867MHz or faster or any G5. The OP typed G5 by G4 by mistake. Do a google search for G5 PowerBook to understand why some users are making jokes.

 

[svndmvn]

thanks guys.
i was just asking because my father has an old powerbook g5, on which he wanted to install leopard, and it didn't work.

the sarcasm on this thread is due to the fact that powerbooks only saw G4 PPCs in them, PowerMacs went up to G5s.
Anyways, if you have a regular copy of Leopard, and not the grey CDs that came with your Macbook, it should work on a G4, still depends on how powerful the machine is.
Snow Leopard should have to work on your machine better than Leopard does now. It would be optimized for multiple cores and I believe Apple is stripping down the Apps making the whole System less demanding than it already is.

 

[Ploki]

he he, i get it now. thx.

 

[MatLane]

Yeah you will not have a problem running Snow Leopard on the Macbook
ML

 

[Memx]

right.
he tried to download leopard off the discs i got with my macbook. so it would work if he buys the original discs?

 

[gauchogolfer]

right.
he tried to download leopard off the discs i got with my macbook. so it would work if he buys the original discs?

He'll need to buy a retail copy of the OS, rather than using one that came with a different machine, yes. They are machine-specific installs if not off the shelf.

 

[Osarkon]

I can see one reason , 32 bit vs 64 bit.

I think we will know a lot more in 2 days time.

Pfft, minor detail. I don't class that as a good reason.

Though I did find myself realising today that this is the first computer I've actually kept for so long without actually upgrading it or wanting a new one.

Let them make it incompatible, I don't mind. Leopard's fine for me

 

[MacsRgr8]

Did he buy it from a guy in an elevator?

LOL!!

 

[Kuska]

There's a minimum spec though. Not all PPCs are fast enough.

Installed Leopard on an old 800mhz eMac that I recycled for my daughter to use. Runs everyday apps fine (most of iLife '08, Office etc etc) only really feels the pain when trying to watch .mv4 files or any real processing work. In fact Leopard put a new breath of life into the machine.