If you already purchased iLife ’09 and iWork ’09, then I am sorry…I’ve got no better deal for you. Both iLife and iWork are normally $79+tax, therefore, if you need iLife ’09 and iWork ’09 to round-out your Macintosh Application library, you are actually getting a better deal if you get the box set. Before everyone gets aggravated by the pricing, the Box set includes “iLife ’09” and “iWork ’09” which are some of the best programs out there for your Mac. Since Snow Leopard is being branded as less of a feature update and more of a stability and improvements update to Leopard (hence the name “Snow” Leopard), they have priced the upgrade from Leopard extraordinarily competitively at $29+tax.įor those upgrading from Tiger, there is unfortunately no upgrade pricing from Tiger to Leopard and the only way to acquire license for Snow Leopard is to purchase the “Mac Box Set”. First is the standalone installer disk which is for those users that have machines that currently have Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) installed. We can of course assist with both the acquisition (usually at a better price than any retailer in the area) of the proper modules for your machine and get it installed for a reasonable price. Feel free to contact me, if you’d like to discuss memory upgrade options. Memory is the single best upgrade to do on any computer and right now is the perfect time for many machines as memory prices are the lowest I have ever seen them. Take my word for it, you want at least 1.5GB of memory for either Leopard or Snow Leopard. Anecdotally, I was forced to upgrade the memory in my Mac Mini media center from 1GB to 2GB to allow the unit to play movies. In my experience, Apple’s system requirements for Leopard which stated 512MB of memory an 867MHz PowerPC G4 or any G5 processor and 9GB of free space ran into the same problem. That is a 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo Mac Mini that has 2GB of memory and an 80GB disk drive. ![]() In my environment, the oldest machine that can run Snow Leopard is my Mac Mini media center. Generally I’ve found that any Mac with an Intel processor, 2GB of memory and 20GB of free space on the internal hard disk, makes a good candidate for Snow Leopard. Many of us work in fields that require more than a “functioning” computer but a “well functioning” and efficient computer. Those system requirements are such that those are the requirements to make the software function, not necessarily make it function WELL. Like with all things related to computers, a software developer’s listing of “Minimum” system requirements does not mean it is a good idea to try to install the software on a machine that meets only those minimum system requirements. That being said, here are the official system requirements for Snow Leopard from Apple’s website: The reason I say “it is LIKELY” is that not all machines sold in the last 2-3 years meet the minimum system requirements. Those that haven’t purchased a machine in the last few years run a good chance that they won’t be able to take advantage of Snow Leopard. Therefore, if you have purchased your machine in the last 2-3 years, it is LIKELY that you can run Snow Leopard. All machines that Apple has manufactured since about 2006 have included an Intel processor. Power Mac 7200, 6116CD) it is a PowerPC based machine. iBook G3/iMac G4/Power Mac G5) or the machine is identified with a number (i.e. For clarification, if it has a processor code name that includes a “G” (i.e. The PowerPC architecture includes everything that is not an Intel based computer. Mac Mini (Early 2006) Media center (Mac OS X 10.6)Īs most of you are aware, with the introduction of Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6), Apple has cut-off operating system support for its much loved (and much deployed) PowerPC architecture. ![]() Mac Book Pro (15-inch Early 2008) Portable workstation (Mac OS X 10.6).Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver Education) Office/Staff machine (Mac OS X 10.5.8). ![]()
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