moid Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 64-bit will be all the rage in Leopard. But we early adopters of the iMac Intel that sport a Core Duo, need to upgrade to a Core 2 Duo (64-bit ompatible) so we can enjoy Leopart in all its glory. Aside from Maclife's Tutorial, I never managed to find other. And do you guys know what processors can I upgrade to? And will all settings be recognized by the Mac? Did anyone there upgraded the HDD too? I never thought seriously of upgrading before.. But now I'm compelled to do so (after all, I'm not willing - $$$ - to buy a new mac right now) Thanks, moid Edit: What we need now: - A Core 2 Duo Merom Processor like this one Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53872-leopard-64-bit-time-to-upgrade-processors/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirmanPika Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Basicly you need to get one of the non Santa Rosa based T series mobile Core 2 Duos. The T7600, T7400, T7200, T5600, and T5500 (no VT Technology in this last CPU). These all run on a 667 MHz bus. Luckily with the release of the Santa Rosa chips that means the listed ones here will start to drop in price. I think Intel is also planning a CPU price drop in July. As for a hard drive any 3.5" SATA drive should work fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53872-leopard-64-bit-time-to-upgrade-processors/#findComment-386659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 It's probably going to be at least another year before you start seeing apps that take advantage of Leopard 64-bits abilities. You'll probably be buying another system before you need a 64-bit CPU. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53872-leopard-64-bit-time-to-upgrade-processors/#findComment-386663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirmanPika Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 It's probably going to be at least another year before you start seeing apps that take advantage of Leopard 64-bits abilities. You'll probably be buying another system before you need a 64-bit CPU. 3rd Party yes but apple has already integrated 64bit apps with 10.5 so a user can at least see some performance gains there too. Would it be worth upgrading though? Thats hard to say without seeing and using the new os yet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/53872-leopard-64-bit-time-to-upgrade-processors/#findComment-387030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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