HI, I have an old iMac G5 and have done all of my installs using an external DVD drive. I've had no issues.
Mark --- Esther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Here's Apple's Official web page repeating the > Technical specs that > appear in the earlier post of AppleInsider specs: > > http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs/ > > The DVD drive is "for instatllation", so I wonder > whether this can be > done from a disk image or another connected computer > or disk drive > for people who don't have DVD drives (for example, > for laptop users > who meet all other specs, but who only have CD > drives and not > superdrives). > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Friday, October 19, 2007, at 02:27AM, "Esther" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >Jane asked whether her (1.2 GHz) G4 iBook would > support Leopard > >and Will and David wrote: > > > >On Thursday, October 18, 2007, at 02:15PM, "David > Poehlman" wrote: > >>does it have firewire? how much ram? > >> > >>On Oct 18, 2007, at 7:22 PM, will lomas wrote: > >> > >>> yes but what speed > >>> i believe it has to be over 800 mhz to support > leopard > >>> > >>> On 19 Oct 2007, at 00:21, Jane Jordan (gmail) > wrote: > >>> > >>>> It's an iBook G4. > >>>> > >>>> Jane > > > >AppleInsider posted (unofficially) that Leopard > would require > >a G4 or G5 processor, 867 MHz or better, a > DVD-drive, > >built-in firewire, at least 512MB of RAM (more > preferred), > >and at least 9GB of disk space. The article is at: > > > >http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/09/24/updated_leopard_requirements_to_exclude_800mhz_systems.html > > > >and the discussion concerned the recent bump up to > 867 MHz > >rather than 800 MHz. Here's an excerpt from the > September 24 > >article: > > > ><start quote> > >According to people familiar with the matter, > engineers for the company recently determined that > Leopard installs on 800MHz PowerPC G4 systems ran > "too slow." Support for those systems was > subsequently pulled from the most recent pre-release > copies of Leopard, which inform testers that the > software "cannot be installed" on those computers. > > > >Instead, Leopard will now require Macs with "an > Intel processor or a PowerPC G4 (867 MHz or faster) > or G5 processor." Other system requirements include > a DVD drive, built-in FireWire, at least 512MB of > RAM (additional recommended), and at least 9GB of > hard disk space. > > > >Though seemingly mild, the 67MHz increase will > exclude a handful of Mac system, namely the 800MHz > PowerBook G4 (Titanium), 800MHz PowerMac G4 > (Quicksilver), 800MHz iMac G4, 800MHz iBook G4, and > 800MHz eMac. > ><end quote> > > > >Hope this helps. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Esther > > > > > > > >
