[Hampshire] Gift of am Mac Mini

2012-03-26 Thread john lewis
Sometime ago I mentioned I had been offered a Mac Mini by one of my wife's cousins who was upgrading her system. I finally got it weekend before last and found it was the 2006 model running Tiger. It has the single core processor so unable to run any more recent software and apparently not

Re: [Hampshire] Gift of am Mac Mini

2012-03-26 Thread Vic
it was the 2006 model running Tiger. It has the single core processor so unable to run any more recent software and apparently not upgrade-able. It is upgradeable. Mine is of a similar vintage. It is currently running Leopard. I've not got round to putting Snow Leopard on it yet. Memory is

[Hampshire] Gift of am Mac Mini

2012-03-26 Thread john lewis
* Correction the installation has failed with Error: failed to install openssl Error: The following dependencies were not installed: (listed) so it looks like it needs more work is needed. I eventually found a 'ticket' for this error which suggested a modification to the Portfile and

Re: [Hampshire] Gift of am Mac Mini

2012-03-26 Thread john lewis
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:31:14 +0100 (BST) Vic l...@beer.org.uk wrote: it was the 2006 model running Tiger. It has the single core processor so unable to run any more recent software and apparently not upgrade-able. It is upgradeable. Mine is of a similar vintage. It is currently