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macOS - Desktop Hardware
Just bought second-hand eMac
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<blockquote data-quote="harryb2448" data-source="post: 888298" data-attributes="member: 42497"><p>First up the iMac discs will not work as they are no doubt the silver grey coloured system restore discs which are good only for the model they came with.</p><p></p><p>You need the black coloured full retail install discs which may be available from sites such as eBay, Craiglist, Amazon etc. You may have a bigger problem in that schools often purchased downgraded machines with, say, no DVD reader installed, only a CD drive to save a few dollars. It all added up if the school purchased say ten eMacs at a time.</p><p></p><p>It is almost impossible to find Tiger on CDs, and there are four in the set from memory. And Leopard did not come out on CDs at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="harryb2448, post: 888298, member: 42497"] First up the iMac discs will not work as they are no doubt the silver grey coloured system restore discs which are good only for the model they came with. You need the black coloured full retail install discs which may be available from sites such as eBay, Craiglist, Amazon etc. You may have a bigger problem in that schools often purchased downgraded machines with, say, no DVD reader installed, only a CD drive to save a few dollars. It all added up if the school purchased say ten eMacs at a time. It is almost impossible to find Tiger on CDs, and there are four in the set from memory. And Leopard did not come out on CDs at all. [/QUOTE]
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