John, I think that Leopard is the best you'll do without some trickery. SL claims to require an Intel processor with minimum 1 GB RAM. I've circumvented these sorts of restrictions occasionally using image deployment methods but the machine has usually ran so slow that it was painful to use, especially with VO.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-11-04, at 9:11 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I got a new power adaptor and a new battery and this puppy is running > like a champ with Leopard. I'm wondering if it is upgradable to Snowy. I'll > have to check that tomorrow on the Apple Support pages. How far VoiceOver > has come since 10.5 is utterly amazing. It puts things into perspective for > sure. For those of you who complain about what's wrong with Mountain Lion, > try working with Leopard and see how much Apple accessibility has done with > the product since then. > > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, j...@macfortheblind.com > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > Twitter, @macfortheblind > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > > On Nov 4, 2012, at 11:06 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Glad it worked. Too bad I jumped in so quick. I noticed after the fact >> that Esther had already chimed in with the right options. Oh well, that's >> what I get for not paying attention. >> >> Yes it is really cool how some of these older Macs just keep slugging along. >> I've got a load of white iMacs at work that are still running just great. >> Had to up the RAM to 2GB so that they could handle Adobe CS6 and run a >> little quicker but they do the job just fine. >> >> Have a good one. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On 2012-11-04, at 8:59 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Tim, >>> Yes, that does the trick. It's odd how these things work. I got my >>> first Mac I ever bought for myself back from the friend I gave it to when I >>> bought a Mac Book in 2007. >>> >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John D. Panarese >>> Director >>> Mac for the Blind >>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>> Twitter, @macfortheblind >>> >>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >>> >>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>> >>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 4, 2012, at 10:53 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> John, >>>> >>>> I think it's the F6 key to toggle the NumPad on those units. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On 2012-11-04, at 5:11 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi guys, >>>>> For those of you users who remember Leopard and older Macs, I am not >>>>> remembering something from those days. I got an old iBook G4 back from a >>>>> friend and the laptop keyboard is stuck so that the numeric keypad seems >>>>> to be functioning on the right side of the keyboard. Does anyone recall >>>>> how to switch it back to normal input mode? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Take Care >>>>> >>>>> John D. 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