It seems like OS X Snow Leopard was the best working version of OS X from what many people say. What would be the benefit of using OS X SL over the more recent OS's?
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), Early 2011 MacBook Pro 15 Inch 2Ghz
Being able to run PowerPC applications; it's also likely to be faster on Macs with exactly 2GB of RAM.
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Being able to run PowerPC applications; it's also likely to be faster on Macs with exactly 2GB of RAM.
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I have 8GB RAM and I used to use Leopard and SL on my early 2008 MBP with 2GB then 4GB upgrade. I guess the only trade off would be Apple doesn't release security updates for SL anymore, right?
That, and relatively few Apple or third-party software updates are being released for it.
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Thank you!
But you should also ask what are the disavantages. It's a nice system and runs well in many ways; but it's not being supported any longer and doesn't get security updates, which could constitute a security risk. Furthermore, the highest version of Safari it can support is quite out of date and now won't open a number of websites properly (though FireFox should work OK as the latest version can run on SL). There are inevitably an increasing number of applications which won't run on it - and if you ever need to reinstall your existing applications and don't have the original install disks you are likely to find that in many cases downloads are not available.
If you are content with what you can do with it now, and can live with the restrictions - and are careful about possibly security issue - and particularly if you want to run AppleWorks or other PPC software, it has a lot going for it; but as time goes by using it may become more problematic.
Correct. If your computer can run Yosemite, then you should at least test the waters. It's not nearly as terrible as many people here protest. Every new version of OS X is proclaimed as the worst ever.
Upgrading to Yosemite
You can upgrade to Yosemite from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Yosemite can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.
Upgrading to Yosemite
To upgrade to Yosemite you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download Yosemite from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Yosemite is free. The file is quite large, over 5 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
OS X Mavericks/Yosemite- System Requirements
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Yosemite
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
Are my applications compatible?
What is the benefit of using OS X Snow Leopard vice Mavericks, Lion, M Lion, or Yosemite?
