[P1] OS X 10.2.8 Update Deleted

[Joost van de Griek]

On 2003-09-25 03:08, Fred Stevens K2FRD wrote:

> At 20:38 -0400 24/09/03, Tom R. no spam wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Fred Stevens K2FRD wrote:
>> 
>>> At 10:28 -0500 24/09/03, Brian Olesky wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Did I miss 10.2.7? Up to this morning I thought 10.2.6 was the latest.
>>> 
>>> My understanding is the 10.2.7 is for the G5 only.
>> 
>> On the 15" alBook PBG4 I just bought, "About this Mac" says it's running
>> 10.2.7.
> 
> Interesting. A quickie MacGoogle shows it's designed for G5:
> http://www.4osx.com/forum/index.php?s=303a8ceaf1e22fbde8fc943c2bcd1823&showtop
> ic=2356&st=0&#entry19137
> 
> and http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/08/18/g5ship/
> 
> BUT, Apple says it is shipping PB G4s withn 10.2.7 (posted on 22 September):
> http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/sep/16pb.html
> 
> While in the next breath, Apple is saying 10.2.7 is for G5s:
> http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/ .

The version number is not the end of it in Mac OS X. They could well be very
different builds. If someone with a new PowerBook, and someone with a G5
would post the build numbers of their 10.2.7 installs, we can clear this up
(you'll find the build number by choosing "About This Mac" from the Apple
menu, then clicking on the OS version number. It is something of the form of
6Rxxx for OS 10.2.x).

> The first forum debates the merits of installing 10.2.7 on Macs other
> than G5s; apparently one person tried it and didn't kill his computer.
> 
> Anyone here want to try installing 10.2.7 on his/her iBook? I didn't
> go URL-hopping to find a source for 10.2.7; I'm not that
> adventuresome...yet.

I wouldn't... While regular OS X installs are (largely) generic, it is very
much conceivable that 10.2.7 (either version) isn't. Either 10.2.8 or
10.2.9, or at most 10.3 will be the great equaliser.

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