Can my iMac g5 2gb ram intel core 2 duo 2.16 ghz processor support OSX 10.6?

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Can my iMac g5 2gb ram intel core 2 duo 2.16 ghz processor support OSX 10.6?

I am looking to upgrade for needs of music production. I need help to figure out if my computer iMac g5 2gb RAM and an intel core 2 duo processor 2.16ghz can handle it?

Posted on Dec 26, 2012 10:19 AM

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John Galt

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Dec 26, 2012 10:22 AM in response to Whitebred123

Yes.

A "iMac G5" and "Intel Core 2 Duo" are mutually exclusive though. You need an Intel Mac for Snow Leopard.

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Whitebred123 Author

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Dec 26, 2012 12:26 PM in response to John Galt

Thanks for the answer! What do you mean exclusive?

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WZZZ

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Dec 26, 2012 2:09 PM in response to Whitebred123

"Mutually exclusive," meaning one can't exist at the same time as the other. If you have an Intel Mac, you don't have a G5 iMac. A G5 is PPC (Power PC) and can't install Snow Leopard.

But I'd max out the RAM. 2GB is bare bones and you won't go very far with that, especially if you're going to be running some memory consuming music production applications.

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Whitebred123 Author

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Dec 26, 2012 7:00 PM in response to WZZZ

Ok lol you are right I miss spoke I have an iMac ...

I'm not too knowledgable when it comes to this so while I was @ work I searched the g5's and that looked like the one I own. I am upgrading to 3gb and getting snow leopard on my comp.

I need new updated vsts for my music production so took it in. Thank you guys for your help

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