Just purchased a used Macbook mine says "Early 2008". My specs are 2.1 ghz 120gb 1gb ram, is the existing OS "Mac OS X version 10.5.8" the best OS for this unit or is there another OS which may work better or should I leave as is please?
Just purchased a used Macbook mine says "Early 2008". My specs are 2.1 ghz 120gb 1gb ram, is the existing OS "Mac OS X version 10.5.8" the best OS for this unit or is there another OS which may work better or should I leave as is please?
oh, sorry, I am simply seeking to optimize the laptop, not for any specific reason or application.
2] Why doesn't the touchpad work like a pc where you can use it to single or double click? I can only scroll with the touchpad but have to use the left and right click button to do this?
did your macbook comes with osx install disk and application disk? Usually these 2 disks come with mbp, see what the disk says the version number is.Ok, that's a very nice explanation of this issue, thanks.
The guy gave me a disk with the title "lion" on it, I tried installing it but I am getting an error message stating "Mac OS X 10.4 cannot be installed on this machine" so if version 10.4 cannot be installed then would it be safe to say that I will need a version "newer" than 10.5 [the existing version]? Could that be the reason why the older 10.4 version won't install?
...and your response was:You didn't mention why you would need a "better" OS for your MacBook. Generally there are at least 4 reasons why folks need to upgrade their OS:
- features they need/want which are available in a newer OS version
- compatibility problems with apps. (need a newer OS version)
- compatibility issues with peripherals (need a newer OS)
- compatibility with newer hardware devices like iPhones & iPads
You mentioned none of these...so it's hard to say if you need a "better" OS.
Your MacBook is currently running OS 10.5.8. It can also run 10.6 or 10.7. It probably won't be able to run OS 10.8 when it is released this Summer (probably doesn't meet the min. hardware requirements).
- Nick
oh, sorry, I am simply seeking to optimize the laptop, not for any specific reason or application.