A screenshot of the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard “System requirements” .pdf document that’s included on the Snow Leopard Developer Preview DVD shows:
System Requirements:
To install the Snow Leopard Developer Preview, you must have a Macintosh Computer with:
• An Intel processor
• An internal, external, or shared DVD drive
• At least 512 MB of RAM (additional RAM is recommended for development)
• A built-in display or a display connected to an Apple-supplied video card supported by your computer
• At least 9GB of disk space available, or 12 GB of disk space if you install the developer tools
Full article via the French-language website LogicielMac.com here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Marc” et “Samuel” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Note: For what it’s worth, these are the System requirements for the Developer Preview of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Theoretically, the requirements could change to include PowerPC processors in the shipping version, but the chances of that happening seem to be slim.
” there isn’t much use spending the time and effort writing for the older processors.”
As somebody pointed out, Apple makes more money from selling you a new Mac with Snow Leopard than they do selling you a Snow Leopard update for your old Mac.
Apple have absolutely no financial incentive to keep supporting PPC.
Snow Leopard is all about multi-touch. Not a new OSX. It´s Cocoa touch integration. PPCs will never be multi-touch but will still run leopard. Cocoa touch is the future and it is coming to a mac near you. In one year!!!
Don´t believe me? See the special monitor request? there…
“The future is a year away!”
The future is here now, because in a year you will have No New Features.
“service packs that come out almost daily”
You’re right, with 3 service packs for XP and one for Vista so far, they truly do come out daily. Dumbass.
Yaaaaay. G4 is technospeak for yesterday.
“G4 is technospeak for yesterday.”
G4/G5 have been technospeak for Yesterday ever since they were released.
‘Leopard’ is for almost all, but ‘Snow Leopard’ is kinda the same, but for 64bit. That’s why they both have ‘Leopard’ in the name. It’s like an extra version of ‘Tiger’ the only works on a Dell, would be called ‘Tiger Cub’.
Apple was still manufacturing G5 towers in August 2006. They were still in stores until December 2006. That is only 19 MONTHS ago! When Snow Leopard comes out (12 months from now) Apple will have PPC machines that have been in service 31 months, still in AppleCare warranty!
I can’t imagine obseleting (from a SHIPPING OS persperctive) 31 month old equipment. Yes, the machine will do what is was designed to do originally, but having a 31 month old Mac that will not run the current shipping OS is a hard pill to swallow.
We have hundreds of them. (G5 towers) They will not even be depreciated out, so replacement is not an option. If we have to buy some new machines, we will be forced to run two OSes in our production environment, as Snow Leopard will likely be REQUIRED on any Macs manufactured after its release – much harder to support.
I am not trying to run the latest OS on IIci, but I would like to run the latest OS while my machines are still in warranty!
Apple used to tout how long a life cycle their computers have, then they do this.
Bad form.
“having a 31 month old Mac that will not run the current shipping OS is a hard pill to swallow.”
You’re not having to swallow it, It is a really big rough pill and Apple is going to jam it up one of your orifices for you.
Today the markets showed their view on Steve’s radical new “No New Features” policy for Apple products.
MDN word: hold (which we all know equals sell).
It’s Steve’s Magnum Opus. He wanted to prove, to all, that he truly was still the Reality Distortion Field master and that he could sell the fanboys a release with No New Features. In managing to successfully sell Nothing (and not get tarred, feathered and run out of town on a rail), he will go down as one of the greatest salesman to have ever lived.
Bravo Steve. You did it. They’re lapping it up.
Deep Inside Source
Apple doesn’t want to scare Intel anymore than it already has
PowerPC cross development continues no matter what
PowerPC will not be supported in the consumer release because #1 90% of PowerPC machines can barely run leopard and #2 If you have a bad ass PPC machine, chances are you can afford a new Mac.. and Apple WANTS you to get one.
You’re right, the guy is a genius.
Perhaps Steve was emboldened by successfully selling the Leopard “Secret Features” that didn’t exist and getting a way with it.
This time he figured why pretend, go with No New Features from day one.
Anybody notice that the guys who have no problem with me having to cough up $3000 to replace my now worthless G5 are the same ones bitching about having to spend $129 for for “no new features”?
And the company that encouraged their third party developers to compile universal binaries, is now believed to be taking the “do as I say, not as I do” approach? If, indeed, they fail to produce a PPC compatible 10.6, how long before major applications hit the market with 10.6-only “upgrades”? I’m guessing mere weeks.