snow leopard and mac mini i5

I occasionally run Snow Leopard server on Intel Mac mini 2018 Ventura via VMware fusion (free for personal use). Notice that only the server version (MC588Z/A) is allowed to be virtualized, not the retail version. p.s. the latest VMware Fusion 13.0.2 does not automatically install VMware Tools (needed for all display resolutions and for file sharing with the host computer) for such old systems so you need to manually dig them out from the app package.

Johnb-one wrote:

Yup, it sure could

here’s the requirements for Snow Leopard

Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard - Technical Specifications (HU)

And this too : https://macmaps.com/docs/DOC-2455/

john b

The Mid-2011 Mac mini and Mac mini Server can't run Snow Leopard directly on bare metal. Those Macs originally shipped with Lion, or Lion Server (which implies they can't run earlier versions of Mac OS X).

Snow Leopard was the third version of Mac OS X that ran on Intel-based Macs. It was the first which only ran on them. At the time, "[any] Mac computer with an Intel processor [and enough RAM / disk space]" may have been an accurate statement of the general system requirements.

That all changed when Lion appeared, and made a dinner out of dear, sweet Rosetta …

I have Snow Leopard Server running in Parallels on my 2019 iMac running Mohave, could run in higher OS but don't want yearly buying of Parallels just yet.

Yup, it sure could

here’s the requirements for Snow Leopard

Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard - Technical Specifications (HU)

And this too : https://macmaps.com/docs/DOC-2455/

john b

matteo_billia Said:

"snow leopard and mac mini i5: [...]snow leopard and mac mini i5: since i'd need snow leopard once on a while, maybe get a 2018 mac mini and use parallel or fusion will work well enough...what do you think?"

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Using a macOS as a Virtual Machine:

It might work -don't have Snow Leopard installed on my Mac at the moment. I'd have to restore my 2010 Mac from an ancient Time Machine Backup to try it. Seems it would be quite a daunting task, but, once performed, I'd have it down flat. See this link in the Apple Developer Community: Installing macOS on a Virtual Machine | Apple Developer Documentation

BDAqua Said:

“I have Snow Leopard Server running in Parallels on my 2019 iMac running Mohave, could run in higher OS but don't want yearly buying of Parallels just yet.”

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Thank you for the screenshot.

Thanks for that info!

You're welcome my friend.:)

Yup, you’re right…

j b