Hi Hai, It's a 32 Bit environment, and the macbook is about 2 years old. Friendly, Chris
On May 28, 2010, at 2:37 PM, Hai Nguyen wrote: > Good afternoon Chris, > Do you know if you are installing in 32 or 64BIT environment? Perhaps this is > the issue? How old is the MacBook you are attempting to install on? > > On May 28, 2010, at 4:31 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: > >> 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 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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