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iMac not starting, even from installation CD
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<blockquote data-quote="grink" data-source="post: 1508531" data-attributes="member: 299109"><p>Well. I read somewhere that OS X installation CDs can only work with the hardware they came with.</p><p>This could explain the problem if none of the CDs was the right one.</p><p></p><p>So, I have some questions :</p><p></p><p>1) Is this true that OS X installation CD only works with the computer it came together ?</p><p></p><p>2) Is this because drivers for other types of Apple computers were removed by Apple on each CD ?</p><p></p><p>3) Is there some way to know to which computer does an OS X install CD belong to ?</p><p></p><p>4) What happens when purchasing a new CD / DVD? Must I be careful about the hardware, or will it contain all necessary drivers for all kinds of Apple computers?</p><p></p><p>Please pardon my ignorance, but coming from Windows, I got familar activating Windows with a licence key. But seems that Apple has a different way to manage licences.</p><p></p><p>Thank you very much for your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grink, post: 1508531, member: 299109"] Well. I read somewhere that OS X installation CDs can only work with the hardware they came with. This could explain the problem if none of the CDs was the right one. So, I have some questions : 1) Is this true that OS X installation CD only works with the computer it came together ? 2) Is this because drivers for other types of Apple computers were removed by Apple on each CD ? 3) Is there some way to know to which computer does an OS X install CD belong to ? 4) What happens when purchasing a new CD / DVD? Must I be careful about the hardware, or will it contain all necessary drivers for all kinds of Apple computers? Please pardon my ignorance, but coming from Windows, I got familar activating Windows with a licence key. But seems that Apple has a different way to manage licences. Thank you very much for your help. [/QUOTE]
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