Hi.  again, I'd say check the firmware on the mac book to rule that out as a
cause.

And you have installed sl with this disk on your other machine with no
issues?

Cameron.







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[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Snyder
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 5:31 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Snow Leopard dvd

Hi Cameron and Sarah,
Well, the people at the genius bar at my local Apple store, and the tech
support people seemed to think that the disc should work as well. There was
something weird going on though. I can boot from the disc and choose English
as the language. When I click continue though, it comes up with a dialog
that has a critical alert, and it says: "O S X can't be installed on this
computer." Then there are options to restart or restore from backup.

The first thing I tried was to upgrade Leopard 10.5.7 to 10.5.8. Oddly
enough, the computer wouldn't allow me to make that upgrade. It said that
the upgrade couldn't be installed on this computer. There was plenty of room
on the drive, the processor is a 2.2GHZ Intel core Duo, and there was a gig
of ram. So the techs suggested that I format the drive and do a fresh Snow
Leopard install. Well, through tricking the disc into thinking I was going
to restore from backup, I managed to access the disc utility, then I did a
format of the 120GB main hard drive. When that was done, I tried again to
install Snow Leopard, but I got the same error.
It really is puzzling.

Friendly,
Chris

On May 28, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:

> That's what I'm thinking. you can take that install disk and install it on
to any mac. so dunno why you are getting th eissue. Are you able to remember
the exact error message?
> 
> Take care.
> 
> S
> On May 28, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Cameron wrote:
> 
>> Hi.  Hmmm.  my understanding is that OS X is OS x, is OS x, except for
the
>> server edition.  
>> 
>> Because it's a mac book, could this be some sort of firmware issue?
>> 
>> Cameron.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Snyder
>> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 5:05 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Snow Leopard dvd
>> 
>> Hi guys,
>> I'm hoping someone here can confirm my experience so that I know if I've
>> made the correct conclusion. I got my paws on a laptop with Leopard on
it.
>> It meets all of the system requirements for Snow leopard, but when I put
the
>> Snow Leopard disc that I got with my Mac Mini in to try to put it on the
>> laptop, it said "OS X can't be installed on this computer." 
>> My conclusion after experimenting with a few different settings and
tricks
>> is that it wouldn't install because the disc was meant for the mini. I
>> suppose if I buy a retail copy of Snow Leopard, it will work without
>> difficulty. Has anyone else had this experience or something similar?
>> I hope you all have a great weekend. 
>> 
>> Friendly,
>> Chris
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