[iBook] How far can I go into 10.x?

Bart Hanson bart at orcon.net.nz
Wed Mar 1 02:37:22 PST 2006


No sorry, Apple in their wisdom have begun making their installers  
(the ones winblows users call OEM installers) only good for the model  
of Mac they were shipped with.
You can however buy "retail" versions of the same (Mac OS 10.4) which  
will install to any Mac.

Cheers,
Bart Hanson.


> Unless you have a business or something equally gnarly, it isn't  
> that hard to
> do your taxes more or less by hand....
>
>
>> 4) As an option, could I install 10.2+ on my external firewire HD? If
>> so, how?
>>
>
> Yes: just plug in the drive, stick the install CD in, reboot, and  
> tell it you want
> to install on the external. That might give you the best of both  
> worlds: boot
> into OSX when you need to get your pictures or do taxes, drop back  
> into 9.2
> otherwise.
>
> -- Larry


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