Leopard Server hardware requirements?

[James Childers]

On Oct 3, 2007, at 12:22 PM, LuKreme wrote:

> On 3-Oct-2007, at 10:45, James Childers wrote:
>> Apple has announced that machines that are less than 867MHz will  
>> be unsupported by Leopard
>
> I still have seen nothing on this other than in this thread.   
> Someone, please, cite a source.

No! That would significantly decrease the hyperbole and bile!

Ok, here's all that I've  been able to find:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/09/24/ 
updated_leopard_requirements_to_exclude_800mhz_systems.html

To quote:

"The Cupertino-based company has yet to officially announce the  
hardware requirements to run Leopard, due out in October, but had  
long stated in developer documentation that the software would  
require "an Intel processor or a PowerPC G4 (800MHz or faster) or G5  
processor."

According to people familiar with the matter, engineers for the  
company recently determined that Leopard installs on 800MHz PowerPC  
G4 systems ran "too slow." Support for those systems was subsequently  
pulled from the most recent pre-release copies of Leopard, which  
inform testers that the software "cannot be installed" on those  
computers.

Instead, Leopard will now require Macs with "an Intel processor or a  
PowerPC G4 (867 MHz or faster) or G5 processor." Other system  
requirements include a DVD drive, built-in FireWire, at least 512MB  
of RAM (additional recommended), and at least 9GB of hard disk space.

Though seemingly mild, the 67MHz increase will exclude a handful of  
Mac system, namely the 800MHz PowerBook G4 (Titanium), 800MHz  
PowerMac G4 (Quicksilver), 800MHz iMac G4, 800MHz iBook G4, and  
800MHz eMac."

All other mentions of this cite this Apple Insider article.

So: it's a rumor. Probably not too far from the truth, but still a  
rumor nonetheless.

-= J