Hi Roshin, Although 2 GB is the minimum RAM needed, upgrade to 4 GB and install Lion. Snow Leopard is not available for purchase anyway. To confirm if your hardware is support refer to this page. Some machines have display cards that are not supported.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html OpenCL requires one of the following graphics cards or graphics processors: NVIDIA GeForce 320M, GeForce GT 330M, GeForce 9400M, GeForce 9600M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce GT 120, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, Quadro FX 4800, Quadro FX5600 ATI Radeon HD 4670, ATI Radeon HD 4850, Radeon HD 4870, ATI Radeon HD 5670, ATI Radeon HD 5750, ATI Radeon HD 5770, ATI Radeon HD 5870 AMD Radeon HD 6630M, AMD Radeon HD 6750M, AMD Radeon HD 6770M, AMD Radeon HD 6970M Click Apple Menu, About this Mac, More information to confirm the same before upgrading. Data should restore fine, but I've heard that it slows down the system. Don't have any personal experience on the same. Email should upgrade without a problem. Click this link to find out more about App compatibility http://roaringapps.com/apps:table Hope this helps. -- Rishi Gangoly +91 9322727415 www.techydudes.com On 03-Apr-2012, at 1:58 PM, Roshin Roy wrote: Hello I plan to upgrade the OS on my 4 year old Macbook (black) 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2GB memory. Presently it runs on Mac OS X version 10.5.8 ( Leopard ). The system has become very slow. I am looking for a fresh installation of the new OS and I would like to get expert opinion on picking the right OS for my hardware. Which OS should I upgrade to ? Snow Leopard / Lion Will the latest OS 'Lion' run on this hardware ? I would like to have some advice on this. Restoration of Files/Folders I have a Time Machine backup on a WD external Hard Drive. I just wanted to know if restoration of Files/folders into the new OS is a hassle free process. I just hope my documents, desktop etc falls in the right place. Restoration of email backup I am sure Time Machine is smart enough to drop my emails in the right place for the new OS. Just wanted to check if any of you have found any issues here. Applications and Settings Can anyone tell me how Time Machine handles the installed applications and its settings ? If I am restoring apps into a new OS, wouldn't there be compatibility issues ? Is it safer NOT to restore Applications and just go for a reinstallation of applications ? Your suggestions will help me proceed with this. Thank you. Roshin Roy -- www.imug.in To unsubscribe, send email to imug-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- www.imug.in To unsubscribe, send email to imug-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
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