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| Thread ID: 67271 | 2006-03-22 23:43:00 | mac osX - is there a trial version, average price 2nd hand | Morgenmuffel (187) | PC World Chat |
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| 440019 | 2006-03-22 23:43:00 | Hi all I have an old mac (imac 233 bondi blue I think) that I would like to try osx on, apparently it can run it, so thats all fine Is there a trial version of osx (like there is with xp), what is a reasonable price for it second hand as i can't use any version above 10.3 on this machine, i have looked on trademe but the prices vary quite a bit, (in some cases it looks cheaper to buy another mac) Cheers |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 440020 | 2006-03-23 00:36:00 | will the bondi run osx? no trial version that I know of. I could make a copy of tiger for you to try! |
plod (107) | ||
| 440021 | 2006-03-23 01:00:00 | you will also need a dvdrom drive as tiger is dvd only, previous versions are on cd which I do not have any more | plod (107) | ||
| 440022 | 2006-03-23 01:51:00 | Thanks for the offer Plod but Tiger won't work as it doesn't support imacs that dont have firewire, i can use panther (as my machine has USB) or earlier, and as for getting a dvd drive well if i get to that point, it might just be cheaper to get a second hand mac with osx included, (blasted end of financial year, utterly broke and still have tax to pay) |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 440023 | 2006-03-23 01:58:00 | A friend of mine got the single CD needed to install OS X from Trademe for $10. I forget what it was described as; it is the basic one which restores the factory configuration. I thought it might not have applications (we were just trying to get a laptop going, so just bought the minimum), but I believe it gives a fully usable system. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 440024 | 2006-03-23 02:39:00 | I haven't seen any that cheap Graham, but I think i will probably need the full version as the machine i have never came with OSX so any restore disk probably wouldn't work with it, (I think) the only restore disks i have ever used have been windows ones nd they don't play nice if you don't have the same hardware Cheers |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 440025 | 2006-03-23 02:46:00 | This particular laptop had a dead hard disk. When that was replaced (free) by the local agents, the OS loaded from this one CD. If the hardware will run OS X, the CD will load it, I think. ;) It's supposed to be only Apple hardware which will run Apple OSs, so they haven't got the Microsoft problem. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 440026 | 2006-03-23 02:53:00 | Thats good then, much more sensible idea than the windows restore ones ---I must be loosing it, as i don't recall posting this in chat |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 440027 | 2006-03-23 06:01:00 | How much RAM do you have in the iMac? | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 440028 | 2006-03-23 06:14:00 | 198Mb The min for osX is 128, so it'll probably be as quick as treacle but oh well |
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