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mikew03 mikew03
 
M$1.25 September 02, 2009 12:51 AM

How does Snow Leopard perform on a 32 bit Mac Mini?

I have an older core duo (32 bit only) Mac Mini (upgraded to 2GB of RAM). Can someone give me first hand experience how Snow Leopard runs compared to Leopard? Please include in your answer how much RAM you have as that can make quite a bit of difference.
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tchachra tchachra
 
 September 02, 2009 01:22 AM
Quick Answer: Not as good as it should.

It works perfectly as an operating system, but there is a considerable amount of lag when opening applications. If you use it as your home theater PC then it is a disaster as FrontRow is horribly slow.

The strange thing is that Snow Leopard works perfectly on a old White MacBook and made it run faster.
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mikew03 mikew03
 
September 02, 2009 02:56 AM
Appreciate the first hand info, how much RAM does your mini have?

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tchachra tchachra
 
September 02, 2009 12:24 PM
2GB of RAM.

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drivorobot... drivorobot...
 
September 02, 2009 01:37 AM
It should run fine, but snow leopard flies on 64 bit macs. Its rewritten. However you will see the benefit of the lower RAM usage and less storage used. You have plenty of RAM for snow leopard. I would say your mini is ready. It runs well on all intel macs. Just dont push it with graphics intensive programs, as it has the Intel GMA950. Again, keep in mind that Snow Leopard is lighter than Leopard and Tiger. It is also 100% Intel native.

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rslakinski rslakinski
 
September 02, 2009 02:40 PM
I have an original intel MacBook w/ 1GB of ram and its running like a champ!

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mikew03 mikew03
 
September 02, 2009 10:15 PM
Could you try running FrontRow to see if you notice any problems there like tchachra is seeing with the mini? The original MacBook and the Mini have very similar hardware so I wonder what the problem could be.

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