How to tell which kind of upgrade disk to use?
Hi there: I'm considering moving the one iMac (see below) to Leopard, but it seems like there are bunches of different ways to do so. Install discs, upgrade discs, retail discs, etc.etc. Could someone please point me in the right direction for which options to look at and which ones to avoid? As always my thanks in advance! *** Bill Spencer in Maryland IMac Core Duo 2.4 ghz/1 g RAM/Leopard IMac Core Duo 1.83 ghz/1 g RAM/Tiger --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: How to tell which kind of upgrade disk to use?
On May 22, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Bill Spencer wrote: Hi there: I'm considering moving the one iMac (see below) to Leopard, but it seems like there are bunches of different ways to do so. Install discs, upgrade discs, retail discs, etc.etc. Could someone please point me in the right direction for which options to look at and which ones to avoid? Apple did not sell 'Upgrade' disks for 10.5, so there are only two ways to get it: Retail disk (or family pack) Restore disk. Restore disks are specific to the system they came with, and only have the version of the OS that the system came with when new. How specific is variable. Your system restore for the 2.4 system MIGHT work on the 1.8, but would be illegal, because that license is with the 2.4GHz. 'Install disk' is a generic term for 'the disk you install OS X from', it could be retail or a system specific restore disk. So, you really only have once (legal) choice: a retail copy of 10.5. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: How to tell which kind of upgrade disk to use?
At 10:47 AM -0700 5/22/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: So, you really only have once (legal) choice: a retail copy of 10.5. And since Snow Leopard is due to drop in the next few months... it might be worth waiting. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: How to tell which kind of upgrade disk to use?
On May 22, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Dan wrote: At 10:47 AM -0700 5/22/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: So, you really only have once (legal) choice: a retail copy of 10.5. And since Snow Leopard is due to drop in the next few months... it might be worth waiting. True. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: How to tell which kind of upgrade disk to use?
Bill Spencer wrote: Hi there: I'm considering moving the one iMac (see below) to Leopard, but it seems like there are bunches of different ways to do so. Install discs, upgrade discs, retail discs, etc.etc. Could someone please point me in the right direction for which options to look at and which ones to avoid? As always my thanks in advance! Well in my opinion if you have to buy the software get the full retail version. That way if you sell the iMac w/out software you can use disk on another computer. If you later bought a computer that only boots to OS X.5.x then you would not be able to use a update disk to update from X.4, thus costing more $$. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
