Can I use my mini's OS dvd on my imac?
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 Jun 20 2007, 05:44 PM
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The limitation of the OS install discs to a single "family" of macs is a recent "development". Previously, whenever I got a new mac, I'd upgrade all the old macs with the new install discs.
It's one of the (many) things I love about Macs. And the Microsoft Genuine "Advantage" validations is one of the many things I hate about Windows... I shudder to think of the day OS X demands a serial number at installation. |
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Jun 20 2007, 10:30 PM
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QUOTE(lswang @ Jun 20 2007, 10:07 PM) I mean my MacMini. It comes with one "Mac OS 9 installation disc "and one "Mac OS X install disc 1 and apple hardware test". So, which one should I put? A FireWire cable should set you back between RM10-20. Make sure you get the right one though. If I am not mistaken it comes in 4 pin (used in Sony products) 8 pin (Apple) variants for the FireWire 400 cables. To make things more complex, there are also the FireWire 800 cables but these are rather difficult to find locally.*I should get myself a firewire. BTW, any idea how much does it cost? Is that mean I can straight away insert the Mini's installation disc into my Imac? My Imac is PPC G4. And my Mini is PPC G4 too. I'm sorry. I cannot understand this. What doesn't work with PPC? Thanks for your help   I have no idea if your install discs will work on any other machine than the one it was intended for. My earlier post referred to the Mac OS 8 and 9 eras. Prior to System 8 the MacOS believe it or not was FREE. Today I had to reinstall Tiger on my Titanium PowerBook (G4) as my wife wanted it to use as a Keynote presentation machine. I tried using the discs that came with my MacBookPro 2.4Ghz and my MacPro but both resulted in a kernal panic. Luckily I had a retail copy of Tiger handy.... |
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