I have macbook a1181. with os x 10.5.8 should i upgrade the OS
to Snow Leopard or Lion? What would be the upside and downside to this upgrade?
Thanks,
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10.5 Leopard was written for Power PC Macs with code added to force it to run on Intel processors. 10.6 Snow Leopard has completely rewritten code and only runs on Intel Macs. So Snow Leopard will run faster and with a smaller footprint. 10.7 Lion would only be needed if you want to access part of the iCloud.
First we need to know which model of MacBook you have. The A1181 is simpley the shape of the case of 17 different MacBooks. To see which model you have go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info. When System Profiler comes up check the Model Identifier and post it back here.
The 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD is in the Apple online store. You can get it for $19.99. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard After you’ve installed that then download the 10.6.8 combo updater to finish it off. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399 You will need to be running 10.6.8 to access the App Store to order Lion which is a download only.
System Requirements for 10.6:
Mac computer with an Intel processor
1GB of memory
5GB of available disk space
DVD drive for installation
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