[Leica] Mac operating system compatibility question

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

Only proviso would be that are there drivers for all the current Air i5/i7 
devices under 10.6? I don't know one way or the other.... There is a 
nasty/convoluted way to rebuild the Air to 10.7 though.

john

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You could do a clean install of 10.6 on the new MBA using the accessory 
optical drive.
But if you're sure you just want 10.6, then I'd save some $$ and get the 
older version at discount.
The SSD makes them run really fast -- you won't know what you're missing?
I have the 13" version, upgraded to 10.7.1 with no issues.

Phil

On Aug 22, 2011, at 12:56 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:

> I regularly use two Mac computers, an older 12" aluminum Powerbook, and a
> reasonably modern Intel 20" iMac. Each has a different operating system
> which has been updated to the latest version. The 12" Powerbook uses OS
> 10.4. The iMac, OS 10.6. I have been contemplating getting an 11" Mac Air
> for travel. I understand that the OS loaded on the new Mac Airs is Lion (OS
> 10.7) which will not run most of the legacy software I have on the older
> Macs. Indeed I have legacy software dating back to the Mac 128 and I have 
> an
> older computer (Powerbook Firewire, OS 9) in the event I need to run one of
> those programs. Indeed some are quite good and I wish that emulators were
> available for the older systems on the new computers.
> Here is my specific question: Is there a way of loading OS 10.6 on the 
> newer
> Mac Air to keep it compatible with the software I currently use? Or must I
> buy buy one of last year's Mac Airs with OS 10.6?
> Larry Z
>