It’s a real seller’s market. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard retailed for $129 and is now selling online for $159 and up. However, you can save by ordering at the original price directly from Apple 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 Leopard sells for. OS X 10.6 retails at just $20 these days.
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 soon 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.
- Our Leopard Group is for those using Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.
Low End Mac does not sell software. Please use the links below to order from the vendor of your choice.
Best Mac OS X 10.5 Prices
- OS X 10.5, single user, $129, Apple (phone orders only at 800-692-7753); $159 shipped, Amazon.com
- Mac Box Set (OS X 10.5, iLife 09, iWork 09), $150 shipped, Amazon.com
- OS X 10.5, 5-user family pack, $185 shipped, MegaMacs
- OS X 10.5 Server, unlimited, $613 shipped, MegaMacs
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Amazon.com
- OS X 10.5.6, single user, $159 shipped
- Mac Box Set, OS X 10.5, iWork 09, iLife 09, $149.88 shipped
- OS X 10.5.4 Server, unlimited users, $630 shipped
FastMac
- OS X 10.5, single user, $179.95
MegaMacs
Add $4.50-13.00 for First Class Mail.
- OS X 10.5.6, single user, $199.99
- OS X 10.5.6, 5-user family pack, $179.99
- OS X 10.5 Server, unlimited users, $599.99
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