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Although the appearance of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) is similar there are many differences in the workings of the two systems. Most notably Snow Leopard requires a Mac with an Intel processor whereas Leopard will run on earlier Macs with G4 or G5 Power PC processor as well as the newer Intel based Macs.

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