New mac user, tips?

alanking · alanking #1 (**permalink**)

12-17-2009, 01:22 PM

Hi all, This is the first mac i have touched since my days at school, a good 10-15 years ago.

I bought a macbook 4.1 2.4ghz with 2gb ram. I bought this for a couple of reasons : I always wanted to try a mac as I used to love them at school, i have recently become a Dj and started some music production with some well respected ableton users.

Couple of questins really.

I would like to re formatt as the previous owner hasnt removed much and im not actually sure what comes with mac OS X 10.5.7. Im only looking at having a handful of programs installed.. e,g. ableton, traktor etc.

I would like to upgrade to snow lepaord. How much is it for the standalone disk etc ? It did not come with any disks. How do i format these things

Maybe a quick fix ?

I searched the forums but without any real answers for what i wanted to know,

Thanks in advance

Raz0rEdge · Raz0rEdge #2 (**permalink**)

12-17-2009, 01:49 PM

The Macbook came with the original disks you'd need to re-install OS X Leopard, the Snow Leopard upgrade CD is $29 and turns out to be a stand-alone installer as well. So you could just grab that and install SL directly on your Macbook and only install what you want/need..

Regards

D3v1L80Y · D3v1L80Y #3 (**permalink**)

12-17-2009, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by alanking

I searched the forums but without any real answers for what i wanted to know,

Okay.

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I would like to upgrade to snow lepaord. How much is it for the standalone disk etc ?

Snow Leopard This Friday!

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How do i format these things

Reformatting Macbook Pro

DarkestRitual · DarkestRitual #4 (**permalink**)

12-17-2009, 02:23 PM

Slightly harsh, DB.

Anyway, it sounds like the original poster doesn't have the discs as he bought the MacBook third hand. If you have 10.5.7 installed on the MacBook, then it is perfectly legal for you to go buy the Snow Leopard upgrade disc (which is actually a full install and will work, just not legally, on a machine running Tiger) for $29.

Upon purchasing this disc (as you would need to have discs to perform any sort of reformatting) you can reformat, and install using Disk Utility, which you would get to by putting the disc in the drive and booting while holding C.

Hope this helped.

alanking · alanking #5 (**permalink**)

12-17-2009, 03:31 PM

Hey thanks or your comments.

Yeah I thought that was kind of harsh

I wasn’t aware of the legality involved with this..? Obviously I’m still naive as I’m new

I will go purchase Snow leopard as we speak: D

Thanks again, hope to speak to you all soon... once I’m not as much of a Mac noob :p

Alan

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alanking #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 17, 2009 Posts: 2	12-17-2009, 01:22 PM Hi all, This is the first mac i have touched since my days at school, a good 10-15 years ago. I bought a macbook 4.1 2.4ghz with 2gb ram. I bought this for a couple of reasons : I always wanted to try a mac as I used to love them at school, i have recently become a Dj and started some music production with some well respected ableton users. Couple of questins really. I would like to re formatt as the previous owner hasnt removed much and im not actually sure what comes with mac OS X 10.5.7. Im only looking at having a handful of programs installed.. e,g. ableton, traktor etc. I would like to upgrade to snow lepaord. How much is it for the standalone disk etc ? It did not come with any disks. How do i format these things Maybe a quick fix ? I searched the forums but without any real answers for what i wanted to know, Thanks in advance
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Raz0rEdge #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 17, 2009 Location: MA Posts: 5,818 Mac Specs: 27" i7 iMac with 16GB RAM and 1TB HDD, iPhone 3G & 4, iPod Nano 16GB, iPod Shuffle, iPad 2 16GB WiFi	12-17-2009, 01:49 PM The Macbook came with the original disks you'd need to re-install OS X Leopard, the Snow Leopard upgrade CD is $29 and turns out to be a stand-alone installer as well. So you could just grab that and install SL directly on your Macbook and only install what you want/need.. Regards
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DarkestRitual #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 09, 2009 Location: Ithaca NY Posts: 2,073 Mac Specs: 13 inch alMacBook 2GHz C2D 4G DDR3, 1.25GHz G4 eMac	12-17-2009, 02:23 PM Slightly harsh, DB. Anyway, it sounds like the original poster doesn't have the discs as he bought the MacBook third hand. If you have 10.5.7 installed on the MacBook, then it is perfectly legal for you to go buy the Snow Leopard upgrade disc (which is actually a full install and will work, just not legally, on a machine running Tiger) for $29. Upon purchasing this disc (as you would need to have discs to perform any sort of reformatting) you can reformat, and install using Disk Utility, which you would get to by putting the disc in the drive and booting while holding C. Hope this helped.
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alanking #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 17, 2009 Posts: 2	12-17-2009, 03:31 PM Hey thanks or your comments. Yeah I thought that was kind of harsh I wasn’t aware of the legality involved with this..? Obviously I’m still naive as I’m new I will go purchase Snow leopard as we speak: D Thanks again, hope to speak to you all soon... once I’m not as much of a Mac noob :p Alan
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