OS X Fiasco.. Help me out please

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I just bought the new ipod touch and I can't use it with my macbook pro cause I have osx 10.4.11 I need 10.5 or newer.. Is there download to update or do I have to actually have to go buy new software? Let me know thanks..
 
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To go from Tiger (10.2.xx) to Leopard (10.5) or Snow Leopard (10.6) you have to buy the upgrade. Try Ebay.
 
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Murdock said:
I just bought the new ipod touch and I can't use it with my macbook pro cause I have osx 10.4.11 I need 10.5 or newer.. Is there download to update or do I have to actually have to go buy new software? Let me know thanks..
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Yes...you need to purchase an OS 10.5 install disk...in fact since you have a Macbook Pro...you could upgrade your Macbook Pro's OS to 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Hope this helps,

- Nick
 
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Buy buy buy as in spend a buck. And many of them as Leopard is over the $100 mark. OS X.6 Snow leopard is much cheaper and a far faster, leaner OS that OS X.5.
 
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I really don't mind buying it at all, I just wish I could buy it as a download and not have to go to a store and purchase an actual disk.. No way around this huh?
 
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No way around it. In case you're not aware, Snow Leopard is sold everywhere Mac computers are sold: Apple store, Best Buy, Fry's, Microcenter, etc.
 
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And if you just really don't want to walk into a store...

There's Apple online, OWC, Amazon, Newegg, TigerDirect, MacMall and the list goes on.
 

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