# mac experts. question about updating my mac os x 10.4.11 to something newer **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 12, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328 "2011-11-12T15:16:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ImsloIkno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58956e/32.png) [@ImsloIkno](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImsloIkno)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/1 "2011-11-12T15:16:59Z")
i have an older mac book that is running 10.4.11 core duo. after some googling i read that i could install snow leopard 10.5. is this true? ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/2 "2011-11-12T16:12:01Z")
i think as long as its intel and not a powerbook it supports snow Leo. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/3 "2011-11-12T16:36:41Z")
I am still running Snow on my MacBook Air. I personally don’t see a point to update to Lion yet. ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/4 "2011-11-12T17:35:09Z")
Snow Leopard is 10.6. 10.4 is ancient, and not supported. 10.6 is the latest OS X version compatible with your hardware, and would be a recommended update. That said, I’m surprised a 5 year old MacBook is still tolerated today. They weren’t that great new… ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/5 "2011-11-12T19:00:57Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > I am still running Snow on my MacBook Air. I personally don’t see a point to update to Lion yet. I was going to but Lion is all sorts of broken. ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/6 "2011-11-13T07:21:37Z")
Stick to snow leopard. 10.6 is fully compatible with intel hardware, no issue there. Lion has done weird shit to 2 batteries that were previously working fine for me in my MBP. I’m on Lion as I type this and have had some weird SW compatibility issues with Lion at work too. 10.6 for you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ImsloIkno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58956e/32.png) [@ImsloIkno](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImsloIkno)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/7 "2011-11-13T08:56:00Z")
i love my mac book. ive never had any problems. ive replaced the battery once and only had it crash once cause i was lazy on the updates. but with 10.4 i cant upgrade anything (flash player, i-tunes, quicktime or any software in general). looks like ill be getting snow leopard tonight! ---
**Author:** ![honda4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/honda4life/32/5300_2.png) [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/8 "2011-11-13T08:59:20Z")
Don’t buy snow leopard just download it ---
**Author:** ![SnowboardinWNY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/snowboardinwny/32/5182_2.png) [@SnowboardinWNY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SnowboardinWNY)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/9 "2011-11-14T00:28:12Z")
I’m in the same boat. Would my 5 year old MBP run a lot smoother on 10.6? As far as downloading goes, wanna point me in the right direction? ---
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/10 "2011-11-14T10:26:40Z")
> [@honda4life](#): > > Don’t buy snow leopard just download it Because paying 30 dollars for a operating system is really that hard. Seriously warezing a OS is just silly. Snow Kitty will work fine a older Core Duo Mac, though 4gb of ram is preferably. ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/11 "2011-11-14T10:33:37Z")
I don’t trust warez OS generally speaking. Of course if I didn’t have alternate sources I may be forced to look down that path. LOL ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/12 "2011-11-14T10:34:50Z")
You could just compare the MD5 sum of a known good ISO/DMG to what you download 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/13 "2011-11-14T10:37:49Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > You could just compare the MD5 sum of a known good ISO/DMG to what you download 😉 This, but if Win 7 was $30 I would definitely buy it hands down. If I “obtain” an OS, I always go with the untouched OSs. ---
**Author:** ![honda4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/honda4life/32/5300_2.png) [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/14 "2011-11-14T15:48:40Z")
My point was to test it first to make sure you enjoy the os before you go and buy it ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/15 "2011-11-14T16:23:02Z")
OS X Torrents tend to be reliable and unmodified. It’s not like windows, where you need to then deal with the questionable ‘hacktivation’ methods. The chances you get a identical copy to the OEM disc are exceedingly high, should you choose to torrent it. However, $29 is entirely reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![ImsloIkno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58956e/32.png) [@ImsloIkno](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImsloIkno)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/16 "2011-11-14T17:23:33Z")
just bought it. not risking any any bullshit torrent! ---
**Author:** ![SnowboardinWNY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/snowboardinwny/32/5182_2.png) [@SnowboardinWNY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SnowboardinWNY)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/17 "2011-11-15T01:08:46Z")
30 bucks is hella cheap, I figured it was like over 100 or some crap like windows software. I only have 1 gig of ram tho, is upgrading to more ram really necessary and whats the max I can upgrade? Might as well max it out. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/18 "2011-11-15T03:42:59Z")
> [@SnowboardinWNY](#): > > 30 bucks is hella cheap, I figured it was like over 100 or some crap like windows software. I only have 1 gig of ram tho, is upgrading to more ram really necessary and whats the max I can upgrade? Might as well max it out. Nope, Apple isn’t a software company. ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/19 "2011-11-15T08:03:17Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#): > > Nope, Apple isn’t a software company. Apple knows you have already bought their hardware and _they_ unlike other computer makers have decent margins on their hardware. With Windows you can run it on damn near ANY computer, including current macs. Since margins are so low on PC hardware they feel they need to get their money back via the OS. It’s actually a stupid business model IMO. They focus so much on keeping hardware costs down that the quality of the build suffers. ---
**Author:** ![honda4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/honda4life/32/5300_2.png) [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328/20 "2011-11-16T15:16:57Z")
> [@SnowboardinWNY](#): > > 30 bucks is hella cheap, I figured it was like over 100 or some crap like windows software. I only have 1 gig of ram tho, is upgrading to more ram really necessary and whats the max I can upgrade? Might as well max it out. From your computer go to [www.crucial.com](http://www.crucial.com) and run the memory scanner it will tell you how much you can put in and what memory you need and hell you could buy the memory right from them their prices are the same as [newegg.com](http://newegg.com). Also in simple term ram is random acess memory it’s a quick storage for applications so when you open a application it uses the memory and when you close it the memory is free again the more the memory the faster and smoother the os and applications run (I put that in dummy terms lol) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-experts-question-about-updating-my-mac-os-x-10-4-11-to-something-newer/218328.md?page=2)