When Mac OS X Snow Leopard was just a rumour it surfaced that the operating system could be built just for Intel hardware, and be the first version of Mac OS X to drop support for the ageing PowerPC processors.
The requirements are as follows:
- An Intel Processor
- An internal, external, or shared DVD drive
- At least 512 MB of RAM
- Display connected to an Apple-supplied video card
- 9GB of disk space, or 12GB for developer tools
Snow Leopard is being touted as a performance, stability and security release and is expected to ship “within a year.”
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Karl von L.
11th June 2008, 21.07 pm
Well, all this really proves is that the developer preview of Snow Leopard is Intel-only. It doesn’t guarantee what Apple’s plans for the final version are.
At least, that’s what I’m telling myself so I can remain optimistic.
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