[X4U] Installing Leopard on an older Mac

[Neil]

But, is 10.5 slower than 10.4?

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On Dec 14, 2007, at 2:21 PM, Ronald Steinke <ronsteinke at mac.com> wrote:

> On Dec 14, 2007, at 9:06 AM, K. Jerry Smith wrote:
>
>> I have a friend who attempted to install Leopard on an 800 Ghz  
>> TiBook. Officially, the highest version of the OS that can be  
>> installed on that model is 10.4.11. He called Apple, and was told  
>> Leopard would install on it, though, and purchased the new OS.
>>
>> No joy.
>
> Leopard will indeed install on a slower than 866MHz Mac. The way to  
> do it is to start the TiBook in Target Mode while connected to a  
> faster than 866MHz machine. Start the faster Mac with the Leopard  
> install DVD inserted and select the TiBook hard drive as the  
> installation destination. It will do the installation without any  
> hesitation.
>
> Once the installation is complete, shut down both machines and then  
> restart them without the firewire connection. The TiBook will now  
> have Leopard installed and you will need to set your configuration  
> preferences.
>
> This has worked on my 733MHz G4 and I have read that it also works  
> on the Cube model G4s but they will run slower than a normal Leopard  
> install because of the slower processor speed.
>
> Good luck.
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