The world’s best Operating System” is the tagline of Apple’s new OS “Snow Leopard”. This is slated for launch in September 2009, almost a month before Microsoft’s Windows 7. But before you plan to move to this OS, please go through requirements for this to work on your machine.

General Requirements

  1. Intel processor based Mac Computer (Obviously)
  2. 1GB RAM
  3. 5GB of free Hard Disk space
  4. DVD drive for installation. External drive will work.

Feature Specific Requirements

1. Time Machine allows you to backup your data seamlessly. This requires an additional hard drive or a “Time Capsule“.

2. Photo Booth requires an iSight camera, USB Camera or Firewire DV Camcorder

3. Screen Sharing requires a 128KBPS Internet Connection

4. DVD Player requires 1.6Ghz or faster processor

5. 64 Bit Support requires a processor that supports 64 bits

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