New PowerBook/Old Mac OS X?
Hi All-
Hypothetical situation, but one I've been wondering about for some time...
Let's say I buy a new PowerBook (Rev. C) from EBay and it doesn't come with any software. Is it possible to install Panther from the software in the original box (10.3) on the PowerBook? For that matter, would it be possible to install Jaguar (10.2) on the new PowerBook? What if you had an application that you needed daily that only ran on 10.2.8 or below?
Just wondering...
Thanks.
Hypothetical situation, but one I've been wondering about for some time...
Let's say I buy a new PowerBook (Rev. C) from EBay and it doesn't come with any software. Is it possible to install Panther from the software in the original box (10.3) on the PowerBook? For that matter, would it be possible to install Jaguar (10.2) on the new PowerBook? What if you had an application that you needed daily that only ran on 10.2.8 or below?
Just wondering...
Thanks.
Comments
Assuming that you could install Jaguar or 10.3 Panther w/out updates onto a new PowerBook, would the same hold true for a new iMac G5? Wouldn't it require the latest version of Mac OS X in order to install correctly? Are there specific lines of code in the updates that provide for new products or do those lines of code simply optimize the OS for particular products?
Back in July I bought a refurbished Powerbook 1.25ghz from Apple and when i arrived I was surprised to see that Jaguar was installed. Now this machine was introduced before panther was released so I wasn't too upset, and I just did a fresh install of panther(which i would have done anyway) but I would have thought that the machine would ship with the most current OS available.
my 2 cents
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finalscratch doesn't work ok on 10.3, it does on 10.2
www.finalscratch.com
They say it does work under 10.3 but it doesn't...
I'm still interested in knowing whether you can install 10.3 (no updates) onto a new iMac G5. It just doesn't make sense to me how that would work. Isn't the OS' recognition of the iMac G5 coded into ONLY the latest update? Any ideas or explanation? Just wondering...
Maybe I'm too curious...
But I doubt they would make new discs for each update, because of overstock of discs.
My guess: u get the 10.3.1 discs, then update with 'software update' to the newest OS, or download a OS somewhere in between .1 and .5 (at www.apple.com)
Of course, I suppose there are exceptions to this. I just don't know of any offhand.
Anyone know what version of Mac OS X comes on the install discs with an iMac G5? Anyone have one of those things yet?