Mac OS X system requirements
Apple Computer has given detailed requirements for installing and using Mac OS X. We have also tested to determine our own recommended system requirements.
Apple Computer's system requirements for Mac OS X are only the bare minimum on what this new operating system will run on. We have tested Mac OS X ourselves on a wide variety of computers so that we could determine what would be necessary to offer a good user experience.
System requirements from Apple
Mac OS X (versions 10.0 through 10.1.5) requires the following:
- Apple computer that shipped with a PowerPC G3 or G4 processor
- Power Mac G4 or Macintosh Server G4 (all models)
- Power Macintosh G3 or Macintosh Server G3 (all models)
- iMac (all models)
- iBook (all models)
- PowerBook G3 or G4 (all models later than the original PowerBook G3)
- 128 MB of RAM
- 1.5 GB of free hard disk space for installation
System recommendations from ITS
ITS recommends that your computer meet or exceed the following requirements for Mac OS X. Our recommendations are typically higher than those listed by Apple, because we want you to see the best "Mac OS X performance" possible.
- Apple computer that shipped with a 500 MHz PowerPC G3 processor or any PowerPC G4 processor
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- Power Mac G4 or Macintosh Server G4 (all models)
- iMac (500 MHz or faster)
- iBook (Dual USB models only, which where 500 MHz or faster)
- PowerBook G3 (FireWire models at 500 MHzor G4 (all models)
- 256-512 MB of RAM
- An AGP-based video card with 16-32 MB of VRAM or more, to enable the fastest video acceleration, including Quartz Extreme in Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
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