Earlier today, I restored a Macbook 4,1 I received alongside my iMac G3 that had a completely wiped hard drive. At first, I wasn't certain what exactly the model was, but upon booting into OS X for the first time (and after the headache of setting up a bootable installation disk on my usb flash drive) I was able to check the system information and find out it's a 4,1 with 2.4GHz and 2GB of RAM from around early 2008. I have another Macbook from a similar time period I can swap the RAM with to bump this one up to 3 or 4GB (the other one i have is, if i recall correctly, a mid or late 2007 model and regardless, it's been having some odd power issues).
From what i remember, the current state of software available on 10.7 is not ideal, being in a weird state between late PowerPC that receives a good amount of support but without the Rosetta support to attempt to run them, and before any of the longest-lasting compatibility requirements for most software running on Intel Macs today. Because of this, I'm considering upgrading it to 10.8 Mountain Lion, but I also feel like in the unlikely off chance (again, very unlikely, given this computer both needs a nice cleaning and also some level of retrobrite) I give this away to someone or use it in a trade with someone I don't want to leave them "trapped" with an operating system they won't like. I'm also admittedly somewhat worried I won't end up liking Mountain Lion compared to Lion, and I don't want to kick myself in the future for switching OS to something less ideal.
With that in mind, which version of OS X do u prefer more? I'd be very interested to hear.
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From what i remember, the current state of software available on 10.7 is not ideal, being in a weird state between late PowerPC that receives a good amount of support but without the Rosetta support to attempt to run them, and before any of the longest-lasting compatibility requirements for most software running on Intel Macs today. Because of this, I'm considering upgrading it to 10.8 Mountain Lion, but I also feel like in the unlikely off chance (again, very unlikely, given this computer both needs a nice cleaning and also some level of retrobrite) I give this away to someone or use it in a trade with someone I don't want to leave them "trapped" with an operating system they won't like. I'm also admittedly somewhat worried I won't end up liking Mountain Lion compared to Lion, and I don't want to kick myself in the future for switching OS to something less ideal.
With that in mind, which version of OS X do u prefer more? I'd be very interested to hear.
