neo1911 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Is Lion X64 only? Does it still have legacy X86 code? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Is Lion X64 only? Does it still have legacy X86 code? It can still run 32-bit apps, but Lion will only work on 64-bit processors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadEndAccount Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Well Apple have 3 choices: Provide a Lion Clean Install medium with the new macs in 2012 Sell Lion on Disk for $129 for full and $29 for upgrade (or similar pricing) Continue selling Snow Leopard forever, and release thier new OSes as 100s of expansion packs You choose which you think will happen Or you could write InstallESD.dmg to a thumb drive/DVD, boot off it, and do a clean install. To the horror of some here hell bent on stirring up hysteria - the world hasn't come to an end. For the unwashed masses you need Snow Leopard, for people here who know what they're doing they can download and burn the dmg to a DVD (something the average person won't do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme $niper Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Snow_Leopard_Installation_Instructions.pdf Dosen't mention anything about having to install Leopard first - i think no actually i know you are misinformed. *shrug* That's what message boards are for, right? :whistle: I never had to deal with it because I never wait an entire OS release cycle before upgrading to the new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Not sure about the box, but when you buy it on the Apple web site, the $29 version of Snow Leopard does say that it is considered an upgrade for Leopard users. The $129 box set (which includes iLife and iWork as well) has no such restriction. I have the box lying in front of me, it says nothing about being an upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooky560 Veteran Posted June 24, 2011 Veteran Share Posted June 24, 2011 My Snow Leopard CD just says "Everything Mac" on the front ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0sit0 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Lion won't work on the first Core2Duo CPU's because of compatibility with x64 architecture. I have a late 2008 Macbook Pro (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) and DP4 is running fine. ( Almost 3 years! :o ... Time for an upgrade lol ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 My Snow Leopard CD just says "Everything Mac" on the front ;) Because you're talking about the grey disc that came with your Mac instead of a retail disc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadEndAccount Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Lion won't work on the first Core2Duo CPU's because of compatibility with x64 architecture. I have a late 2008 Macbook Pro (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) and DP4 is running fine. ( Almost 3 years! :o ... Time for an upgrade lol ) Sounds like the minimum requirement is EFI64 rather than necessarily a Core 2 processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted June 27, 2011 Veteran Share Posted June 27, 2011 Lion won't work on the first Core2Duo CPU's because of compatibility with x64 architecture. I have a late 2008 Macbook Pro (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) and DP4 is running fine. ( Almost 3 years! :o ... Time for an upgrade lol ) Yes it will. All Core 2 Duos are supported. You're thinking about the 32-bit Core Duo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooky560 Veteran Posted June 28, 2011 Veteran Share Posted June 28, 2011 Will lion work on the Intel Core i3 3.06ghz iMac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWDweller Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Yes it will. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I don't really understand all the confusing and questions about what processors Mac OS X Lion supports. The needed info is right there on Apple's website... http://www.apple.com/macosx/how-to-buy/ iUserX 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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