macbook 2.1 from 10.4.1.1 to 10.5.7

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I am new to the apple world and know very little of its workings, but am fairly technical and willing to work fast to get information needed to find the answers.

Topic: Would like to upgrade OS from 10.4.1.1 to 10.5.7. Does my machine qualify?

Specs of targeted machine found under "About this MAC/More Information/System Profiler/System Overview/Hardware Overview".

Machine Model: macbook 2.1
intel core duo processor 2.16 ghz
Number os CPU's: 1
Number of Core's: 2
L2 Cache Per Processor: 4 meg
Mem: 2 Gig
Bus SPeed: 667mhz
Boot Rom Ver. mb21.00a5.b07
smc ver: 1.17f0

Thank you in advance for your help.

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[Doctor X]

Oddly enough, there are two versions of MacBook 2,1--according to MacTracker which is a great free program--and it seems yours is the 13" Mid 2007 with, indeed, the 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. It can be upgraded to 3.0 GB of RAM. I did that on a similar MacBook and it did not mind it at all and things worked better.

Its latest software is . . .


. . . wait for it . . .


. . . "Latest Release of MacOS X"

It lists as its original OS as 10.4.9 then "Later OS 10.4.10" so I suspect that is what you have. I forget if there is a 10.4.11." Anyways, you can upgrade all the way, conceivably to Lion. I do not "wike" Lion so you can probably do well to simply get Snow Leopard and go FAR FURTHER THAN YOU THOUGHT with 10.6.8!

Back up your data--use a cloning program like the free Carbon Copy Cloner or the one I use, the not-so-free Super Duper! to an External HD that you format for Mac--use Disk Utilities and that way if you get messed up, everything is easily recovered.

There is also a MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.1 . . . but looking at the LinkyPoo it appears that you have already had that updated!

So consider:

1-2 TB External Hard Drive: $100-200
Snow Leopard: $30
2 GB RAM Chip to make 3 GB total: ~$30

Happy Mac Computing: Priceless!

--J.D.