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Latest iMac for Snow Leopard

Wasn't sure where to post this so I put it on the iMac section and am putting a copy on here. Hope that's allowed.


I have a couple of legacy PPC applications that I need to keep going for another few months but my old G5 MacPro just died and I'm in need of a replacement machine. Given that the monitor I was using is also past it's best I'm considering an iMac but need one that will run 10.6.8 (and Rosetta) or earlier. The refurbished iMacs on the Apple Store all come with ML and apparently cannot be used with anything earlier. But I don't want to buy one of the white iMacs (given my experience with a 24 inch overheating, a common trait apparently).


So it looks like I have to trawl ebay etc. to find something I can use. Can anyone tell me what the latest iMac models that can run Snow Leopard are (were)?


Thanks.

Posted on Jul 11, 2013 4:10 AM

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Posted on Jul 11, 2013 4:56 AM

This might help.


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1159


The mid-2011 model appears to be the latest, but I've heard that those that shipped with 10.7 may have had a firmware modification that might make booting to Snow difficult or impossible. I don't know enough about that to say anything definitive.


Also I understand that it is possible to run Snow Leopard from Snow Leopard Server ($20 from Apple phone sales) in a virtual environment on the new iMacs.


Here are some sites I've bookmarked over time that sell used Macs--at least some of them do. I don't have any personal experience with any of them, but they've come up at various times here or on other Mac boards. Check out the reviews for them. Personally, I'd be wary of buying a used computer on eBay. At least these should come with some kind of warranty and will have been inspected.


http://www.smalldog.com/


http://www.powermax.com/


http://www.dvwarehouse.com/index.html&pltid=e36c525dad375fd0878d4f7890764438


http://www.provantage.com/

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WZZZ
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Jul 11, 2013 4:56 AM in response to R J Kerr

This might help.


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1159


The mid-2011 model appears to be the latest, but I've heard that those that shipped with 10.7 may have had a firmware modification that might make booting to Snow difficult or impossible. I don't know enough about that to say anything definitive.


Also I understand that it is possible to run Snow Leopard from Snow Leopard Server ($20 from Apple phone sales) in a virtual environment on the new iMacs.


Here are some sites I've bookmarked over time that sell used Macs--at least some of them do. I don't have any personal experience with any of them, but they've come up at various times here or on other Mac boards. Check out the reviews for them. Personally, I'd be wary of buying a used computer on eBay. At least these should come with some kind of warranty and will have been inspected.


http://www.smalldog.com/


http://www.powermax.com/


http://www.dvwarehouse.com/index.html&pltid=e36c525dad375fd0878d4f7890764438


http://www.provantage.com/

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