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Best Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Prices

2011.03.09

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LEM's Leopard Group is for those using Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.

It's a real seller's market. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard retailed for $129 and is now selling online for $200 and up, while the $199 5-user Family Pack will now set you back $400. However, you can save by ordering directly from Apple at the original price by phone at 800-692-7753.

Also, if you have an Intel Mac, you can buy Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard for a lot less than 10.5 - it retails at $29 for a single user and $49 for the 5-user family pack.

OS X 10.5 came to market in late 2007 and raised the bar on what hardware was officially supported. Apple's stated requirements are a G4 or later CPU running at 867 MHz or faster, at least 512 MB of memory (1 GB recommended), and 9 GB of available hard drive space. Leopard is the only version of the Mac OS to ship as a "universal binary" that can run on both PowerPC and Intel-based Mac hardware. It is the last version compatible with PowerPC Macs.

Our readers discovered that Leopard can run on any Mac with a G4 CPU and AGP graphics, although you have to work around checks in the installer to put OS X 10.5 on unsupported hardware. Leopard can run on 350 MHz G4 Macs once you've worked around installation issues, although not with the same performance you'd see on a fully supported Mac. We even have reports of a few running Leopard with only 384 MB of RAM. See our article on Unsupported Leopard Installation for more details.

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Best Mac OS X 10.5 Prices

OS X 10.5, single user, $129, Apple - phone orders only at 800-692-7753
OS X 10.5, 5-user family pack, $199, Apple - phone orders only at 800-692-7753
OS X 10.5 Server, unlimited, $600, We Love Macs

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Amazon.com

Amazon no longer stocks OS X 10.5, but it does work with resellers who still have it available.

OS X 10.5.6, single user, from $179.99

FastMac

OS X 10.5, single user, $199.95

Mac-Pro

Shipping may add $10 or more. Mac-Pro collects sales tax on orders shipped within CA.

OS X 10.5.1 upgrade, requires 10.4, $149.99
OS X 10.5, single user, $247.77

MegaMacs

OS X 10.5.6, single user, $249.99
OS X 10.5.6, single Intel iMac, $189.99
OS X 10.5.4, 5-user family pack, $249.99
OS X 10.5.6, 5-user family pack, $299.99
OS X 10.5 Server, unlimited, $699.99

We Love Macs

Shipping may add $4.50 or more.

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