Will ibook be able to run new leopard?

now with a new upgrade and the ibook going farther out of date sadly, i am new to mac so i am still learning and wanted to know if the ibook would run the new 10.5 leopard? plese reply
thanks

Hello.
Whilst no-one here can be 100% sure I personally think the answer is a resounding Yes!. To confine the operation of a new OS to MacTel machines would seriously restrict sales. There are millions of people who are still using PPC machines that can't wait for Leopard to be released, myself included. There would probably be features that would only run on MacTels, BootCamp for example.
Hang in there and continue to enjoy your Mac safe in the knowledge that your iBook will not be obsolete when Leopard is released.
Adrian
N.B. The above is an expression of opinion, not 'speculation'

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