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Upgrading OS from 10.5.8?

  • 03-10-2014 8:09pm
    #1
    bunnymunro
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭


    Hey guys. Girlfriend convinced me to get her macbook repaired instead of buying a new laptop. Cost me almost 300euro! On the plus side she can now retrieve all here files etc from it. Anyhow I got the repairs done and its working fine but the operating system is old and I want to upgrade it to be able to use chrome etc. Anyone able to help me out as to best way to proceed. Its a macbook and i am clueless here. Been looking around online and it seems i can upgrade to snow leopard!! No idea whats the best thing to do. I plan on wiping the hard drive to free up space as there is only 5/6 gb free. any advice much appreciated. Model Heres the specs of the machine;

    Name: MacBook
    Model Identifier: MacBook5,2
    Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
    Processor Speed: 2 GHz
    Number Of Processors: 1
    Total Number Of Cores: 2
    L2 Cache: 3 MB
    Memory: 3 GB
    Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
    Boot ROM Version: MB52.0088.B05
    SMC Version (system): 1.38f5
    Serial Number (system): W8912HZ74R1
    Hardware UUID: AB0BA347-8FD8-5536-A671-E8BB4EDEDCDD
    Sudden Motion Sensor:
    State: Enabled


Comments

  • #2
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    I'd see if you can bump the RAM up a bit, and stick an SSD in there.


  • #3
    Nemeses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    Highest that Mac can go is 10.7.5..


    Best best is to upgrade to 10.6, add some more ram like the previous post mentioned and you're good to go!


  • #4
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    +1 for the SSD, makes a huge difference.

    2 equal sized memory modules will also help - 2x2GB modules instead of the current 2GB & 1GB modules, so you only need to buy one 2GB module which won't cost much. Memoryc.ie to Crucial.com are both good sources for both RAM and SSDs. I'd recommend the Samsung 840 series and I know they work in that model.

    Ken


  • #5
    bunnymunro
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭bunnymunro


    ZENER wrote: »
    +1 for the SSD, makes a huge difference.

    2 equal sized memory modules will also help - 2x2GB modules instead of the current 2GB & 1GB modules, so you only need to buy one 2GB module which won't cost much. Memoryc.ie to Crucial.com are both good sources for both RAM and SSDs. I'd recommend the Samsung 840 series and I know they work in that model.

    Ken
    Thanks guys I will look in to all that.


  • #6
    Doodah7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭Doodah7


    To be honest though, €300 for the repair, more for an SSD and extra RAM and you are over half way to a modern machine...

    Your gf's Mac will fly alright but be stuck forever on 10.7. Eventually developers will stop supporting this OS.


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  • #7
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    Agreed but the 300 has already been spent, may as well get the best value for it ?!

    Ken


  • #8
    bunnymunro
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭bunnymunro


    Hey guys financially not really going to be able to invest much more into this machine at the moment. So my question is if I just go ahead and upgrade to OS 10.6 would I risk messing the machine up if i don't add the extra RAM or SSD? Its working ok but really i would just like to be able to use chrome to use apps like hola so on and so forth.


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