Will Leopard work on Core DUO???

Will Leopard work and work well and fast on a macbook Core Duo 2ghz??? Will it work practically the same as a C2d?? Is 64 bit just the graphics it has??

Of course it will work well on that machine.... when it is released that is.

Yeah I found the answer after googling alot like 10 seconds ago... At least that solves some of my woes of misery for not buying the C2D instead of the CD

Ah... *Shoots kitten*

I don't understand why people think Leopard will run any differnt on a CD, then on a C2D. If the speeds are the same, it will be the same.

Cassifire said:

Ah... *Shoots kitten*

I don't understand why people think Leopard will run any differnt on a CD, then on a C2D. If the speeds are the same, it will be the same.

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Well it is a 64bit vs a 32bit proc... and less cache. So i think leopard will work faster onthe C2D...

and the core 2 duo is a faster processor in terms of how it was built, not something most people will notice, but it is faster mhz 4 mhz.

Yonah is only 32bit however, not 64bit compatible as said above.

how difficult will it be to install?

64 bit is something for the future. There are '64 bit' processors out there, but a bit ahead of their time. Windows Vista x64 is awkward and plagued by problems and the vast majority of copies sold (and programs written) will be 32 bit for some time to come.

tei727 said:

how difficult will it be to install?

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There's no 100% way to tell how easy it will be, but if it's anything like the last renditions of OS X, it will be very, very easy.

surfwax95 said:

There's no 100% way to tell how easy it will be, but if it's anything like the last renditions of OS X, it will be very, very easy.

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so not as difficult as the windows people will have installing vista?

I just finished installing Vista on my Mini and it wasn't hard at all...it took a little while longer, but was not difficult.

Vista is easy to install, so is Xp, dont see why it seems so hard, click and go.

any 64bit windows O/S is iffy as drivers support isnt out yet for many things, at least not official, most bugs right now for 64bit vista are driver related.

Well, you leave XP to install and come back twenty minutes later and it asks for your licence. You come back later and it asks for where you live and then you come back later on and it asks about more stuff. So you can either sit there for 45 minutes, or comes back now and again and it takes 3 hours!!

yes true, Vista gets that out of the way in the start, OSX does it, but is smart and does it all at the end in one shot.

so when leopard comes out it will only run on 32 bit for the time being?

macbookdabest said:

so when leopard comes out it will only run on 32 bit for the time being?

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I think parts of it will run 64 bit, if you have a 64 bit processor, while other parts of the operating system only run 32bit..

PowerBookG4 said:

I think parts of it will run 64 bit, if you have a 64 bit processor, while other parts of the operating system only run 32bit..

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Yes and no, if you have a 64-bit processor you will be running the 64-bit version of OS X. However, your exisiting programs will most likely be 32-bit (think XP x64) so you'll be running a 64-Bit OS and your applications will be running in an emulated 32-bit environment.

That being said, emulating a 32-bit environment should not affect performance because the OS will only feed the processor instructions 32 bits at a time.

Conversely, if you have a 32-bit proc you'll install the 32bit version of Panther and your limited to 32-bit programs.

Buying a 64-bit processor is like buying an HD-DVD player for use on your CRT TV, sure its higher res, but your limited by your TV. Similarly your 64-bit OS will be (99% of the time) running 32-bit apps.

Programmers must code for the masses, right now the masses are running 32-bit, therefore writing 64-bit code is unfeasible from a marketing point of view, why cut out approx. 70% of your market by writing 64-bit code.

My prediction is that 64-bit wont be "essential" until mid 2008.

real n00b questions here and i admittedly didn't search for this answer. can i install vista on my macbook as it is? do i partition the hd?