“Just weeks ahead of its public launch, Apple Inc. has updated the minimum system requirements for its next-generation Leopard operating system to exclude 800MHz PowerPC-based Macs,” Prince McLean reports for AppleInsider.
Apple “had long stated in developer documentation that the software would require ‘an Intel processor or a PowerPC G4 (800MHz or faster) or G5 processor,'” McLean reports.
But, “engineers for the company recently determined that Leopard installs on 800MHz PowerPC G4 systems ran ‘too slow,'” McLean reports. “Leopard will now require Macs with ‘an Intel processor or a PowerPC G4 (867 MHz or faster) or G5 processor.'”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: It’s not that Leopard won’t run on lower-spec’ed Macs, just that Apple won’t be recommending it (based on the fact that our still-working iMac DV 400 MHZ G3 with 192MB of RAM is currently sitting in a corner happily running Mac OS X 10.4.10 Tiger).
My old 800mhz G4 had trouble keeping up running Tiger already.
Let the whining begin!
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Considering that this keeps a lot of Mac’s running the latest and greatest it’s good news. Now compared to the Window’s upgrade path that says it’s time to update hardware to keep our partners happy, it really shows the difference in company visions.
So it won’t work on my 233Mhz G3?
Who can I sue?
I guess older Macs will just have to chekout XpostFacto for help in getting Leopard on their machines…
http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/Framework.cfm?page=XPostFacto.html
Uh-oh. You mean, I should upgrade my computer at least once every 4 years? Stop it.
In related news, the company warns people who want to run Leopard on macs with glossy screens.
The eyecandy can become too attractive on those screens.
Then my Dual-867 PowerMac should have no problem. But my trusty Pismo Powerbook (500 MHz, 512 MB RAM) will continue to run Tiger.
Funny, I’m servicing a colleague’s Presario 700Z notebook of the same vintage which has crapped out (failed drive) which struggled to run XP Home! That mine is still usable while hers is basically worthless shows, once again, that Macs have a longer usable life, and thus a lower cost of ownership. Most still don’t get it.
Have any of you heard about the problem that’s popping up about freezing 20″ and 24″ iMacs? I bought a 24″ iMac about a month ago. It worked great until I applied that recent iMac-only update. Now it’s freezing up about 3 or 4 times a day. And I’m not the only one who’s seeing this. Found this message board at Apple’s service site full of people having the same problem:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1096520&tstart=0
It seems to lock up the UI, although the CPU is still running normally. But there is no recovery except to restart the damned machine. This is getting ANNOYING. The growing concensus on the board seems to be that there may be a video card driver issue, but this is all anecdotal. I hope I don’t have to return my brand new machine for service. That would be so . . . Dell.
Funny, G4 867 Mhz is four generations of 6 back on mac computers. So windows vista, how many generations back are possible to run it? or XP?
I’am glad I stayed with my mac.
Where can I complain about being a 450mhz TiBook early adopter.
Well Jim considering Californa laws, you can only sew Apple for OS X able computers that aren’t G3. So once OS X doesn’t work on G4s then you can sew because Apple would have lied about what they said.
I feel a FORCED UPGRADE COMING ON!!
My wallet is feeling warm as it’s well insulated with all THAT CASH from selling MY HOUSE BEFORE THE BUBBLE BURST!!
hahhaaaaa! the subprime fool already foreclosed!!!
Bring on the bloated LEPOARD APPLE!!
I DO WANT MATTE SCREEN 8 CELL MAC PRO DELUXE WITH 60″ HDTV SCREEN!!!
So I won’t have to upgrade for 10 years!!!
@raymond from dc: same here – my pismo runs 10.4.10 great. i’ll be upgrading soon, but it’s amazing that a nearly 8-year old laptop can run the current OS X. i very much doubt the same could be said for vista on the k6-2/early pentium iii laptops of 2000. =)
also, why won’t apple let me install this on my SE/30????!!?
So I guess I will have to give up a first addition lime green iMac if I really want to run 10.5…Guess I won’t upgrade.
I will never give up my LIMEY while I still have a pulse.
I don’t care if it still runs 10.3. It does run it so very well.
Basic email and web-surfing needs 10.5??? No…it does not.
How much RAM does Apple say is required?
That’s often just as important as processor speed.
“Well Jim considering Californa laws, you can only sew Apple for OS X able computers that aren’t G3. So once OS X doesn’t work on G4s then you can sew because Apple would have lied about what they said.”
Are you freakin’ serious? Go sew me a quilt.
Will Leopard work? Come November-December, will we all be asking what Apple is doing about Leopard problems? Sort of like the questions the PCers are asking about Vista?
Damn the iPhone!
Vista == Leopard.
Your Pismo is running Tiger. There are plenty of Pentium IIIs that run fine on a clean install of XP as well.
Wahhhh, wahhhhh it won’t work on my iPhone, wahhhh, I am a victim, I am going to sue the pants off Jobs, wahhhhh.
Too slow on the 800’s but the 867’s are fine? Seems like the same ballpark to me.
Great! My 4.5 year old imac is above(!) the minimum requirements. I won’t have to upgrade it for another couple of years, at least.
“Your Pismo is running Tiger. There are plenty of Pentium IIIs that run fine on a clean install of XP as well.”
There’s that word again – ‘clean‘
Tell me, oh mighty one, how do you keep a copy of XP clean? It only needs to be online for 20 minutes and it’s pwned.
<strike>Vista</strike>/XP == A Big Pile of Steaming Turd ®™.
I hope it runs well on my Apple II or I will ask for my money back.