Neil
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I'm looking to pick up a 2nd hand Apple Macbook, just wondering a few bits and pieces. It needs to be Intel-based and either have or able to have Snow Leopard 10.6 installed. What should I be looking for? Basically, the cheaper the better.. it's not for anything taxing. Ta
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Sam
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Anything with an Intel Core Solo or Core Duo CPU can't run OS X newer than Snow Leopard, so make sure you go for something that has a Core 2 Duo or Core i3/i5/i7 CPU.
Avoid anything with a PowerPC CPU as they can't run anything newer than Leopard (and they are quite old).
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Neil
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What's the difference with the OS's? Is it easy to stick Snow Leopard on something that comes with Lion?
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Sam
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Lion#New_or_changed_features
Someone like Dom may be better placed to answer your second question, but personally I don't see any problem downgrading to Snow Leopard if you really wanted to.
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Darryl H
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I think you could downgrade but you'd have to wipe it first as snow leopard won't install if something more up to date is installed 
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adiohead
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I'm still on Leopard.
I can't upgrade my old G5 iMac but luckily my MBP is Core 2 Duo thing
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