Mac mini OS X Leopard?

Question

I have a friend who has an intel core solo 1.5ghz mac mini which has 512mb ram, would Mac OS X Leopard run fine on it and would it be usable. I know my mac mini would run it, as its a heavily upgraded one. 1.83ghz core duo to a 2.33ghz core 2 duo 2GB ram 160GB hard drive.

Would his Mac mini run OS X Leopard okay I'm guessing it would but would like other opinions

Answer 1

Yes, it will be able to run Leopard, and he shouldn't notice any decrease in performance speeds... If anything he should notice a boost in performance.

Each new release of OSX has made my 7 year old PowerMac G4 run better and faster than it did the day that I took it out of the box and I've never had one single problem with it. Apple actually writes their software to optimize your system resources so the latest OS runs perfectly smooth and doesn't slow down for anything on my 7 year old system.

Your friend should have no worries at all.

Answer 2

The answer to your actual question, "would Mac OS X Leopard run fine on it and would it be usable?" is 'Yes'. The answer to a question you didn't ask, "Will other applications run fine in it after installing OS 10.5?" is 'Maybe'. Apple says you need a minimum of 512MB of RAM so if your friend wants to apply filters to big files in Photoshop or render digital video off and on, he should seriously consider adding more RAM. Years ago, I was able to run OS 10.2 on a PowerMac with only 64MB of RAM but it would really bog down using intense applications. After I bumped it up to 1GHz of RAM, it was much faster.

Answer 3

in accordance to Apple's license contract (which you're able to comply with whilst installation their application) all variations of OS X might basically be used on Apple-branded hardware. it rather is to evade precisely what you're attempting to do, because of the fact Apple desires to tension you to purchase their proprietary hardware in case you prefer to apply their application.