RE: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-06-01 Thread Bryan Smart
ooglegroups.com Subject: Re: Snow Leopard dvd Hi all, I put Leopard back on the laptop, and downloaded the firmware update as well as the upgrade to 10.5.8. I then tried the Snow leopard disc from my Mini, but I received the same message. So I went out and got the retail Snow Leopard disc, and it in

Re: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-05-31 Thread Chris Snyder
gt; From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Snyder > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 6:08 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Snow Leopard dvd > > Hi Cameron, > I believe you're probably right given the

RE: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-05-30 Thread Simon Fogarty
What model of laptop is it? If it's not an intel based machine, then it wont allow for snw leopard to be installed. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Snyder Sent: Saturday, 29 May 2010 9:05 a.m. To: macvi

Re: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-05-28 Thread Pete Nalda
Yes OEM OS will not install on anything but the machine it was design for. but full boxed set will install on any, as long as they meet specs. On May 28, 2010, at 4:04 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: > Hi guys, > I'm hoping someone here can confirm my experience so that I know if I've made > the correc

RE: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-05-28 Thread Cameron
Hi. no problem. Keep us up to date on your issue. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Snyder Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 6:08 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Snow Leopard dvd

Re: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-05-28 Thread Chris Snyder
> > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [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, >

Re: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-05-28 Thread Chris Snyder
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 t

RE: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-05-28 Thread Cameron
ehalf 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 some

Re: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-05-28 Thread Hai Nguyen
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

Re: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-05-28 Thread Chris Snyder
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, i

RE: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-05-28 Thread Cameron
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Snow Leopard dvd That's what I'm thinking. you cantake 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 wr

Re: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-05-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
That's what I'm thinking. you cantake 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,

RE: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-05-28 Thread Cameron
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