I suggest you should use Redhat Linux OR Windows 7 32-bit OS as they take up less disk space as well as work well even on 2GB RAM and a low end processor. You can also go for an OS(like DOS) or UNIX which which doesn't have(has minimal) Graphic us.
Hi, let's see what your MacBook is capable of, some can only do 10.6.x, some can do the Larest 10.7.x
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac.
Then click on More Info>Hardware and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
Intel Pentium 4 Processor Specs
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.21f4
Mac Os X For Intel Pentium 4 3 00 Ghz
I don't see where it works with anything but Windows®!
There still may be a solution. 🙂
System Requirements
• Microsoft® Windows® XP, Vista® or 7
• Pentium IV 1.3 GHz or later
• 1 GB RAM (2 GB highly recommended)
• 1 GB hard disk space to install
• CD-ROM drive, Available USB port
Mar 29, 2012 10:13 PM
Versions of Apple's $999 Intel-based Developer Transition Kit began arriving on the doorsteps of several Mac OS X developers earlier this week, offering the first material evidence that the company will adopt the two-way serial interface known as PCI-Express in future Macs.
If you are looking for the 2020 Apple Developer Transition Kit for Apple Silicon, details are available here.
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Sources said the system's graphics card identifies itself as an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 (GMA 900). Some other reports have placed an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 800 (GMA 800) inside the units. It's unclear if those reports are inaccurate, or if Apple is shipping the systems with slightly varying specs.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the development systems is their PCI layout, which implies that Apple will likely adopt the PCI-Express interface by the time it ships its first Intel Macs. In addition to two vacant 33 MHz, 32-bit PCI slots, the systems pack a single 1X PCI-Express slot and a single 16X PCI-Express slot — the latter of which comes occupied by a Silicon Image Orion ADD2 card offering DVI-D compatibility.
For its drive interface, sources say the development systems include a total of 4 Serial ATA (SATA) connectors. Two of the connectors are free, one is wired to a 160GB/7200rpm SATA hard disk drive and the other dangling. A 16x DVD+R DL/DVDRW/CD-RW optical drive is connected to an ATA chain.
Intel Pentium 4 3ghz
These development-based Intel Macs appear to be shipping in a slightly modified aluminum Power Mac G5 enclosure that sports an altered cooling system consisting of a different fan configuration. Located at the rear of the unit are two USB 2.0 ports, a Gigabit Ethernet connector, and one FireWire 400 port. On the front of the unit developers have access to a headphone jack, one USB 2.0 port, one FireWire 400 Port and a micro switch that comes mounted next to the power switch and can be activated by a paperclip. However, its function is unknown.
Also shipping inside the development kit packages is a keyboard, mouse, power cable, keyboard cable, and Mac OS X 10.4.1 for Intel DVD. Sources so far have reported absolutely no luck in their attempts to boot the included copy of Mac OS X for Intel on other PC systems. In their attempts to do so, they have reportedly been met by error messages stating that the PC hardware configurations are not supported by Darwin — the underlying UNIX-based foundation to Mac OS X.
Developers who signed up to receive Developer Transition systems are actually renting the $999 hardware from Apple for a period of approximately 18 months. Apple requires that the developers make plans to return the systems to Apple within a week of December 31, 2006.
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