Latest OS supported on Mac Mini 1.42GHz POwer PC G4

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Latest OS supported on Mac Mini 1.42GHz POwer PC G4

What is the latest OS I can put on my aging Mac Mini? It is a 1st generation Mac Mini 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4, 1GB DDR SDRAM currently running 10.4.1.
Many Thanks.
Brett

Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on May 2, 2010 11:23 PM

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Niel

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May 2, 2010 11:25 PM in response to Brett Carvolth

What is the latest OS I can put on my aging Mac Mini?

Mac OS X 10.5.8.

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May 2, 2010 11:28 PM in response to Niel

Do you know where I can obtain a copy of 10.5.8?

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BGreg

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May 3, 2010 4:48 AM in response to Brett Carvolth

You didn't say where you are located. In the US, call Apple at 800-MY-APPLE as they were recently reported to still have OS X 10.5 Leopard available for sale. You can't buy it at Apple stores anymore. If that doesn't work, another source is hardcoremac.com, then there's alway ebay. If you go ebay, make sure you get retail black-faced disks and not gray-faced system disks, as those are locked to the system type they are made for. If you have access to Craigslist, that might be another source.

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