[G4] Tiger and upgrades

[Eric Wood]

Hi Perry,

I can guarantee that a properly installed upgrade (as I'm certain yours
is) will not have an issue with Mac OS X. I believe the only truly
incompatible upgrades are pre-G3 systems upgraded with G3 or G4
upgrades. Apple likely doesn't "support" the use of third-party upgrades
in newer Macs, but the software will run with them.

I have a Mac Mini system disc (10.3) that doesn't want to boot with
anything else either, and at this time my Mini is dead. It's a shame I
can't use my licensed OS and iApps on another system - this OEM system
disc nonsense can truly be frustrating. I have two copies of Tiger at
the moment, if I can locate them both. One I got before the Mini retail,
the other was bundled with it at Best Buy, who decided to take a short
break from their PC-onlyness, just as they'd done when I got my bondi
blue iMac.

Eric

On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 14:57 +0100, Perry Mitchell wrote:
> I've successfully upgraded my DP450 G4 to DP1.2GHz G4 via a PowerLogix
> processor kit. I've also got a later Video card. It's all working fine on OS
> 10.3.9
> 
> My question is whether I can now install Tiger? The OWC site (who sell
> PowerLogix) clearly say compatible with OS 10.4 but the Apple site clearly
> says that OS X is not compatible with processor upgrades!
> Before I lay out the UKP89 (that's about $180!) for the retail version of
> Tiger, I wanted some reassurance from somebody that it would really work?
> 
> I have access to an OEM version of Tiger sold with a G5 that I was hoping to
> use to test the system, but it won't load on the G4.
> 
> Perry 
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