[X4U] Mac Mini!!!

Kirk McElhearn kirklists at wanadoo.fr
Thu Jan 13 05:39:05 PST 2005


On 1/13/05 2:25 PM, "silvo conticello" <silvoc at tiscali.it> wrote:

>>> Simple math: iWork + Tiger is nearly the price of the computer itself.
>>> Some pocket change and you have it!
>> 
>> Um, I'd check that math... iWork and Tiger come to about $200. Add in
>> iLife,
>> and that's about $280. Still far from the cost of the computer.
> 
> Still I don't understand...
> If I understood correctly, the idea would be to buy Mac mini and get a
> CD/DVD with Tiger and iWork and use those CD to upgrade your main
> computer while loading the Mc mini with your old software, right?
> Could this be possible? I think the original disks wouldn't be able to
> boot/install a different kind of Mac

Perhaps... Not sure. I haven't tried to use Panther disks for my iBook with
another Mac, especially since I have a "normal" set of Panther disks as
well.


Kirk

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