OS 10.4 - Running OSX off an External Drive?

oddtimer · oddtimer #1 (**permalink**)

12-20-2008, 08:39 AM

So this might be a "newbie" question but I just got my hands on a New Sony Vaio laptop and it's great to be able to watch blu-ray on and game with. However, other than the blu-ray and gaming I would much rather use a Mac for everything else (email, safari, etc) I have a copy of OSX Tiger and was thinking if I buy an external Drive would I:

1. Be able to install OSX on it and
2. Be able to boot the Sony Vaio laptop from the external drive using Tiger?

Any input would be appreciated.

kgeier82 · kgeier82 #2 (**permalink**)

12-20-2008, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oddtimer

So this might be a "newbie" question but I just got my hands on a New Sony Vaio laptop and it's great to be able to watch blu-ray on and game with. However, other than the blu-ray and gaming I would much rather use a Mac for everything else (email, safari, etc) I have a copy of OSX Tiger and was thinking if I buy an external Drive would I:

1. Be able to install OSX on it and
2. Be able to boot the Sony Vaio laptop from the external drive using Tiger?

Any input would be appreciated.

I wouldn't expect any help here in this forum for that kind of thing.

What you are asking is basically illegal. Check google.

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Member Since: Nov 27, 2008 Posts: 81 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 17" LED-Backlite display, 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB memory, 512MB VRAM, 320GB HD	12-20-2008, 08:39 AM So this might be a "newbie" question but I just got my hands on a New Sony Vaio laptop and it's great to be able to watch blu-ray on and game with. However, other than the blu-ray and gaming I would much rather use a Mac for everything else (email, safari, etc) I have a copy of OSX Tiger and was thinking if I buy an external Drive would I: 1. Be able to install OSX on it and 2. Be able to boot the Sony Vaio laptop from the external drive using Tiger? Any input would be appreciated.
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