I really hate having to buy new macs every few years. Between the machines and the software it is a big investment and a whole lot of time setting things up and learning how to use it.
I usually keep my macs as long as I can. My only problem now is the browsers. Firefox, Chrome and Safari don't seems to want to support 10.5.8. At least FF and Safari run but there are some sites I visit that don't work well with those old versions and the new versions can't be installed on 10.5.8.
Any suggestions on a browser that will let my macs live a little longer?
I usually keep my macs as long as I can. My only problem now is the browsers. Firefox, Chrome and Safari don't seems to want to support 10.5.8. At least FF and Safari run but there are some sites I visit that don't work well with those old versions and the new versions can't be installed on 10.5.8.
Any suggestions on a browser that will let my macs live a little longer?
If you are running a PPC Mac, you are limited to Safari or Firefox 3.6, for mainstream browsers. 10.5 is officially EOL. If you have an Intel Mac I HIGHLY recommend you update to 10.6 at the minimum. It is much faster. As for your browser situation, Chrome never supported 10.5 as far as I can tell.
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- Question: Q: updating web browser for mac os x 10.5.8 with intel. What are my options? My problems arise when i cant watch anything on bbc iplayer and every time i log into hotmail it tells me to update.
- 10.5: 512 MB 10.6: 1 GB 10.7 and 10.8: 2 GB I personally wouldn't want to use 10.5 with less than 1 GB of memory, especially a web browser. For a browser: I haven't tried it myself, but investigate whether 'TenFourFox' is a usable option. It is a PowerPC port of a reasonably current version of Firefox, aimed at 10.4 but it also works on 10.5.
- Web Browsers For Mac 10.5.8 Apple no longer offers Safari updates for Windows. Safari 5.1.7 for Windows was the last version made for Windows, and it is now outdated.