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Troubles with Free Mac Mini intel version
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<blockquote data-quote="D3v1L80Y" data-source="post: 567393" data-attributes="member: 2960"><p>A few reasons.</p><p></p><p>One, install discs are machine specific. An iBook disc works in an iBook. A Mini disc works in a Mini. You can't use them on a machine they weren't intended for. </p><p></p><p>Two, the iBook is a PPC Mac. The Mini you have is an Intel Mac.</p><p>Intel Macs use a modified version of OS X. A PPC version of OS X like the one on your iBook would never work on an Intel Mac.</p><p></p><p>Three, it is against the EULA to use a machine's restore/install discs on any other machine, no matter what version of the OS it contains.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now, the retail version of Leopard is Universal and would work on both PPC and Intel Macs. It is not machine specific either, so it would work on any model.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D3v1L80Y, post: 567393, member: 2960"] A few reasons. One, install discs are machine specific. An iBook disc works in an iBook. A Mini disc works in a Mini. You can't use them on a machine they weren't intended for. Two, the iBook is a PPC Mac. The Mini you have is an Intel Mac. Intel Macs use a modified version of OS X. A PPC version of OS X like the one on your iBook would never work on an Intel Mac. Three, it is against the EULA to use a machine's restore/install discs on any other machine, no matter what version of the OS it contains. Now, the retail version of Leopard is Universal and would work on both PPC and Intel Macs. It is not machine specific either, so it would work on any model. [/QUOTE]
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