OS 10.4 - Upgrading to Leopard...

wiggy1222 · wiggy1222 #1 (**permalink**)

02-24-2009, 08:55 PM

Hi. I've got a Powerbook G4 from about 3 years ago, running 10.4.11. My wife just bought a new iMac, and I put her iWork 08 CD into my computer and it installed just fine...I thought it wasn't going to let it be installed on multiple computers, but it worked. Can I do the same with her Leopard disc to upgrade my OS? Thanks!

leopard-user1 · leopard-user1 #2 (**permalink**)

02-24-2009, 10:11 PM

If it's a re-install disc, which is the one that comes with every mac, then you can't. If it is an actual copy of Leopard that you bought separately from the Apple store, I don't see any reason why you can't. Except maybe it can only be registered on one computer at a time? Like Finale can only be registered on three different computers. (music notation program.) I think that a family pack can be installed on 5 computers.

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #3 (**permalink**)

02-24-2009, 10:17 PM

If the Leopard install disc is a silver grey colour, no you cannot. It is what is known as a system restore disc and will work only with the model it came with alas. You need a black full retail install DSVD with the PowerBook having a processor faster than 867MHz.

wiggy1222 · wiggy1222 #4 (**permalink**)

02-24-2009, 10:30 PM

Rats...oh well. Thanks for the help.

leopard-user1 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 27, 2009 Location: New York, NY Posts: 531 Mac Specs: 17" MacBook Pro, 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, not unibody	02-24-2009, 10:11 PM If it's a re-install disc, which is the one that comes with every mac, then you can't. If it is an actual copy of Leopard that you bought separately from the Apple store, I don't see any reason why you can't. Except maybe it can only be registered on one computer at a time? Like Finale can only be registered on three different computers. (music notation program.) I think that a family pack can be installed on 5 computers. (from scienceteecher.com) 17" MacBook Pro, OSX 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
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wiggy1222 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 24, 2009 Posts: 2	02-24-2009, 08:55 PM Hi. I've got a Powerbook G4 from about 3 years ago, running 10.4.11. My wife just bought a new iMac, and I put her iWork 08 CD into my computer and it installed just fine...I thought it wasn't going to let it be installed on multiple computers, but it worked. Can I do the same with her Leopard disc to upgrade my OS? Thanks!
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wiggy1222 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 24, 2009 Posts: 2	02-24-2009, 10:30 PM Rats...oh well. Thanks for the help.
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