on 7/12/05 10:10 PM, Charles Martin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> From: Dennis O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Has anyone upgraded to tiger on a Blueberry 350 imac? Apple's website >> says that firewire >> is a requirement for Tiger, but then lists slot loading imacs as >> upgradeable. The >> blueberry 350 is slot loading, but without firewire. > > Apple lists "Firewire" as a requirement not because Tiger actually > needs firewire, but because only Macs with on-board Firewire have the > ROM data necessary to install Tiger. > > So no, the installer discs will not work on your machine. > > There is a way around this -- a program called xPostFacto that will > probably allow you to install Tiger on that machine. > > HOWEVER: > > It will probably end up a fairly unsatisfactory experience. The > writing is on the wall: time to get a new(er) machine. > > > _Chas_ > > FL-MUG: central Florida's Macintosh User Group. > Meetings: second Thursday of the month, 6-8pm, > at the Orlando Science Center. > http://www.flmug.org > > I had been told by someone who tried it and also had read somewhere that it is a unsatisfactory experience. I couldn't find where my source was so thanks _Chas_.
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