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How to install OSX on MB with broken DVD drive?
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<blockquote data-quote="hogweed" data-source="post: 1403713" data-attributes="member: 87693"><p>Sorry Nick, all is confusion – you wouldn't believe how clever I am with Windows PC’s, but trying to learn about a different type from scratch is a humbling experience. I think my Retail disk is knackered – in fact I think it's cracked! So I’d have to put my HDD in my daughter’s 13” white Macbook, install from her original 2 setup disks, THEN replace the HDD in my MB Pro.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Right, but presumably, as with all O/S’s, OSX will configure itself to the hardware it finds, ie Macbook 13”, 2GHz. When I then put the HDD in my MB Pro, 2.2GHz etc, and it boots, it will find all sorts of hardware it wasn't expecting, and minus the hardware it WAS expecting. When Windoze encounters this situation, it goes through all the devices and installs new drivers etc for them – otherwise the display etc wouldn't work properly. I don’t know if OSX does the same?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>$29? Ah, if only. I live in what we used to call Tony Blair’s Rip-Off Britain (now it's less clear whose rip-off Britain it is…). Here it costs $42 + P&P. And it's not at all clear if this is an upgrade (requiring Leopard already installed) or a stand-alone install. Here’s the one advertised on the UK site:</p><p></p><p>“Upgrade from Mac OS X Leopard with Snow Leopard, a simpler, more powerful, and more refined version of Mac OS X. It delivers a wide range of enhancements, next-generation technologies, out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Exchange Server, and new accessibility features. It's the world's most advanced operating system, finely tuned from installation to shutdown.”</p><p></p><p>So I’m not sure…</p><p></p><p>PS and making things complicated is how I learn <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hogweed, post: 1403713, member: 87693"] Sorry Nick, all is confusion – you wouldn't believe how clever I am with Windows PC’s, but trying to learn about a different type from scratch is a humbling experience. I think my Retail disk is knackered – in fact I think it's cracked! So I’d have to put my HDD in my daughter’s 13” white Macbook, install from her original 2 setup disks, THEN replace the HDD in my MB Pro. Right, but presumably, as with all O/S’s, OSX will configure itself to the hardware it finds, ie Macbook 13”, 2GHz. When I then put the HDD in my MB Pro, 2.2GHz etc, and it boots, it will find all sorts of hardware it wasn't expecting, and minus the hardware it WAS expecting. When Windoze encounters this situation, it goes through all the devices and installs new drivers etc for them – otherwise the display etc wouldn't work properly. I don’t know if OSX does the same? $29? Ah, if only. I live in what we used to call Tony Blair’s Rip-Off Britain (now it's less clear whose rip-off Britain it is…). Here it costs $42 + P&P. And it's not at all clear if this is an upgrade (requiring Leopard already installed) or a stand-alone install. Here’s the one advertised on the UK site: “Upgrade from Mac OS X Leopard with Snow Leopard, a simpler, more powerful, and more refined version of Mac OS X. It delivers a wide range of enhancements, next-generation technologies, out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Exchange Server, and new accessibility features. It's the world's most advanced operating system, finely tuned from installation to shutdown.” So I’m not sure… PS and making things complicated is how I learn ;) [/QUOTE]
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