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<blockquote data-quote="ADKhikerVW" data-source="post: 820693" data-attributes="member: 36483">You can try <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/Framework.cfm?page=XPostFacto.html" target="_blank">this</a>.&nbsp; It is called XPostFacto and it allows you to install OS X on certain unsupported machines.&nbsp; The other option is to remove the hard drive, plug it in to an external case or another computer, use another Mac to install the OS on it, then place it back in the PowerBook.&nbsp; It should boot and run Tiger fine.&nbsp; I used to do this on iMac G3s without Firewire all the time.Just to be clear, it is not the absence of Firewire that prevents Tiger from running, it is an artificial requirement created by Apple because they believed hardware that old would not be able to run Tiger adequately.&nbsp; They were right in some respects, as it can be very slow, but disabling some features such as Spotlight and Dashboard make a big difference.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ADKhikerVW, post: 820693, member: 36483"] You can try [URL="http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/Framework.cfm?page=XPostFacto.html"]this[/URL]. It is called XPostFacto and it allows you to install OS X on certain unsupported machines. The other option is to remove the hard drive, plug it in to an external case or another computer, use another Mac to install the OS on it, then place it back in the PowerBook. It should boot and run Tiger fine. I used to do this on iMac G3s without Firewire all the time. Just to be clear, it is not the absence of Firewire that prevents Tiger from running, it is an artificial requirement created by Apple because they believed hardware that old would not be able to run Tiger adequately. They were right in some respects, as it can be very slow, but disabling some features such as Spotlight and Dashboard make a big difference. [/QUOTE]

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