Hey all, I'd like to get a 3,1 Mac mini to be a bridge Mac of sorts, with it also pulling duty as a shop computer in my workshop for reference materials and a machine to sync my firewire iPods with easily. I'd like to run it with 10.5.X as it was the last macOS that could write floppies / work with HFS (unless there is a secret way to add HFS compatibility into a newer version of macOS).
The problem is that with the specifications documentation I'm finding that the early 2009's say they are compatible with Leopard and I'm guessing they shipped with it, but the mid-2009 machines starting shipping with Snow Leopard. Are the Mid-2009 machines still able to run leopard or did they not add the necessary drivers for that model? They are both 3,1 Mac Mini's technically.
The problem is that with the specifications documentation I'm finding that the early 2009's say they are compatible with Leopard and I'm guessing they shipped with it, but the mid-2009 machines starting shipping with Snow Leopard. Are the Mid-2009 machines still able to run leopard or did they not add the necessary drivers for that model? They are both 3,1 Mac Mini's technically.