Stefan, For some reason, OSX 10.4 is WAY overpriced. Find a friend who has it and use his. Get a cheap external drive and put it on there too a s backup. It'll work. Jim On Oct 20, 2009, at 5:11 PM, stefan möller wrote: > thanks again all of u ...Got a much better picture on this issue now > stefan > On 2009-10-20, at 21.26, John Baltutis wrote: > >> On 10/19/09, Don <bgnss at sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> >>>> A friend of mine got it a couple of months >>>> ago. Better than what you''ll find on the web or at eBay. >>> >>> A genuine set of original CD's for the correct machine >>> should be both identical, and cheaper off ebay. >>> >>> Guess I have a hard time seeing how paying $129 could >>> be 'better' than paying auction prices for the identical >>> software... unless of course you like paying the max >>> for the same thing, or perhaps ebay prices are higher >>> than Apple prices (!). >> >> You try lately? Two, eBay auctions, which are almost closing, are >> at $145+. >> <http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Mac-10-4-Tiger-VERSION/dp/B0002G71T0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1256066609&sr=8-2 >> > >> shows six new from $300 and 9 used from $160. >> <http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=safari&rls=en&q=mac+os+x+tiger&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=9116400928593489183&ei=Xw3eSqPgK5DKsQPZv-3RDw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CC0Q8wIwBQ#ps-sellers >> > >> shows three, the cheapest at $200. Might be worth a look around >> before jumping >> in with both feet. My response was based on my friend having the same >> experience trying to locate a copy. >> _______________________________________________ >> G4 mailing list >> G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 >> > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4