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Can a Mac clamshell have leopard?

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The requirements for Leopard are any Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 (867 MHz and faster). The clamshell iBooks, available between 1999 and 2001, have a G3 processor (300-466 MHz) which will not support Leopard.

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