Hi Jennifer, I did not see a reply from Ray to the mailing list. My reply to you via the WAMUG Mailing list was:
/Quote: "To be able to install Snow Leopard you require: A Mac computer with an Intel processor 1GB of memory (but I would recommend at least 2-3GB Memory) To be able to install Lion you require: Your Mac must have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor Choose Apple > About This Mac and look at what the Processor line says. Look for Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon. Anything else—specifically, “Core Duo” (without the 2) or “Core Solo”—and you won’t be able to run Lion. RAM: Lion requires a minimum of 2 GB of RAM, but the more RAM you have, the better your Macʼs performance. I recommend at 8GB RAM to run Lion successfully. /End Quote: ----- So from the information you have now supplied below, your iMac7,1 introduced August 2007 is an Intel Core 2 Duo. Your options are: You have plenty of Free Hard Drive space on the iMac. 1. You could install Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 with only 1GB memory, but to run it successfully I would recommend at least 2-3GB Memory 2.Your iMac7,1 is an ‘Intel Core 2 Duo’ capable of installing Lion OS X 10.7, but to run it successfully you need more memory installed. 3. Upgrade your iMac to a newer iMac with a faster processor and more memory. Hope this helps you. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard OS X 10.7 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 14/10/2011, at 8:54 PM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: > Thank you, Ray, for your help. > > I am not quite sure what you mean about memory apart from the 1GB of memory > (as in Apple Menu) - which I understand is the working memory - and the 152 > GB of "space' which i understand is the memory still available for > "storage". My 'understanding' is very imperfect! > > This is the info from 'more info'. > > > Model Name: iMac > > Model Identifier: iMac7,1 > > Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo > > Processor Speed: 2 GHz > > Number Of Processors: 1 > > Total Number Of Cores: 2 > > L2 Cache: 4 MB > > Memory: 1 GB > > Bus Speed: 800 MHz > > Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03 > > SMC Version (system): 1.20f4 > > I hope this is more complete, > Thank you. > Jennifer > > > On 14 October 2011 14:17, Jennifer Lefroy <lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I would be grateful for some advice. We use our computer mainly for word >> processing, email, iphotos, itunes (audio books and podcasting), ical diary >> and downloading information from the internet. My games are limited to >> solitaire and who knows, one day I may expand to scrabble and backgammon:-) >> No films or videos. Currently I cannot update Adobe flash and Addobe Air >> because our operating system does not support the new versions. >> >> We have a four year old Mac OS X Version 10.5.8 running Leopard; 1GB >> Memory. 152 Gb space remaining. >> >> Should we update to Snow Leopard/Lion or is it time to update the computer >> keeping in mind the relatively limited use and no iphone or ipad likely to >> be acquired? >> >> Regards, >> Jennifer >> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
