Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book

2010-08-14 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
t; From: "Sarah Alawami" >> To: >> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 6:57 AM >> Subject: Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book >> >> >> lol. you read my mind! I was thinking the poster had an oem disk if that's >> >> the term I'm lo

Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book

2010-08-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
another Snow > Leopard CD and it will work. > - Original Message - > From: "Sarah Alawami" > To: > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 6:57 AM > Subject: Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book > > > lol. you read my mind! I was thinking the poster

Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book

2010-08-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
What disk are you using to install snow leopard? Is it a disk that came with another mac or is it a snow leopard disk that was purchased as an upgrade? In this case, ironicly you need to be using a snow leopard upgrade disk. Using a snow leopard disk that came as a restore disk with a mac won't

Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book

2010-08-13 Thread Rich Ring
I don't know why the lol, but that was the problem. I have another Snow Leopard CD and it will work. - Original Message - From: "Sarah Alawami" To: Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 6:57 AM Subject: Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book lol. you read my mind! I w

Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book

2010-08-13 Thread Kevin Shaw
It could be that the macbook in question won't support Snow Leopard because it is not an Intel chip, or that it won't do 64 bit. Those are my thoughts. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email t

Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book

2010-08-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
lol. you read my mind! I was thinking the poster had an oem disk if that's the term I'm looking fore. Take care. S On Aug 13, 2010, at 4:52 AM, Bob Hill wrote: > Hi, > > It seems that there were two SL versions sold, one was a single installation > version, and the other could be installed on

Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book

2010-08-13 Thread Bob Hill
Hi, It seems that there were two SL versions sold, one was a single installation version, and the other could be installed on more than one machine, but I don't remember how many. Sorry I don't have more details, but hopefully this will get you started. Take care. Bob Hill On Aug 13, 2010, a

Interesting problem with used Mac book

2010-08-13 Thread Rich Ring
My fiance purchased a used Mac Book. It is currently running Mac Os 10.5..8. Our idea was to install Snow Leopard, after erasing the hard drive. When we boot from the Snow Leopard CDD, we are informed that we can't install Snow Leopard on this machine and are offered the opportunity to rest