[G4] Installing Tiger OS

[Eric Wood]

Am Nov 29, 2007 um 7:46 PM schrieb keith_w:

> Greg Nembhard wrote:
>> I have G4 800Mhz 512mb QuickSilver 2002 with OS 10.1 My sister has  
>> a Mac Book Pro with Tiger Installed and she has the discs.
>> The discs say OS X 10.4 for Macbook Pro.  Will this work as an OS  
>> on my G4.  Help, this is my first Mac and I don't want to screw it  
>> up.
>
> Most probably not.
>
> Assuming those discs came with her computer, she's several CPU  
> upgrades above (released later than) your QuickSilver, and as I  
> understand it, Apple issues each set of OS discs for the machine  
> it's intended to accompany.
>
> IOW, I don't think they'll work with yours...
>
> keith whaley
>
My own experience is that Apple makes sure their system-specific  
discs only work on the intended system. You'll need a retail copy of  
Tiger.

Eric