hi missy, please could you find out for me what spec macbook this is and it's date / model?
macbooks by their very nature are capable of running snow leopard but will struggle on lion. as OS X 10.6 is intel based, the macbooks were intel chips, the reason your disks won't work on his machine is due to the fact the disks are prepared for your version machine so are locked to the machine serial identifier. the only way to do this is to find a copy of snow leopard for sale. I have my retail DVD here but sending it out would take a long time to the USA from previous experience. let's see what we can do here. lew On 30 Apr 2012, at 19:05, Missy Hoppe wrote: > Hello, all. I'm hoping this isn't an inappropriate question for the list, but > I'm trying to find out something on behalf of a > friend. He's got an older macboo. It isn't capable of running OSX 10.6, but > he thinks it might be able to run 10.5. > Unfortunately, when he bought the macbook, it didn't come with any Install > CDs or anything. This individual is on an > extremely tight budget, so I'm trying to find out if there's a way to get > ahold of OSX 10.5 for little or no cost. If it's > reasonably priced, I would even be willing to help him buy it, but if there's > a free alternative somehow, or a resource I can > point him towards, I would really appreciate any information you may have. > Please feel free to contact me off list to reduce > list traffic. Like I said, I hope this question isn't out of line; I > definitely want to help my friend acquire the software > he needs through legal channels, but my macbook is too new for me to have the > software he needs. > Thank you all for your time, and I hope that everyone is having a really > great day. > Missy > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
