Powerbook G4 - Snow leopard. intel needed.

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Powerbook G4 - Snow leopard. intel needed.

I have purchased the 'Snow Leopard' software but I am unable to install this on my 'Powerbook G4' as this is not an intel-based Mac.

I need this software upgrade in order to install the new 'Adobe Suite CS5'....You see my predicament?

Is there any work around this. is there ANY way of keeping my mac and upgrading to intel?

ANY advice would be much appreciated! Thanks

Powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Nov 11, 2010 12:54 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 11, 2010 1:01 PM in response to MacNorton

welcome to the forums MacNorton -

What you ask is not possible.

Hope this solves your problem

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Camelot

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Nov 11, 2010 1:03 PM in response to MacNorton

Is there any work around this. is there ANY way of keeping my mac and upgrading to intel?

"keeping [your] mac and upgrading to intel"...?

Sure, there's nothing that says you have to throw your Mac away 🙂

But there's absolutely no chance of getting Snow Leopard to run on it. That machine is old by computing standards and there's no support for running Snow Leopard on PowerPC-based machines - that includes the G5's, let alone the G4's that preceded them.

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Nov 11, 2010 1:03 PM in response to MacNorton

Sounds like you need to start reading the system requirements. They put them on the box for a reason. You do not have an intel mac and there is no way of running either software without one. The only advice that can be offered is to buy an intel mac or purchase software that will meet the requirements of your hardware.

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MacNorton Author

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Nov 11, 2010 1:05 PM in response to MacNorton

What would be the best, cost effective, fast solution?
Mac mini? refurbished mac?

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varjak paw

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Nov 11, 2010 2:06 PM in response to MacNorton

A refurbished unit of the current Mac mini model would be pretty nice and could probably run the CS5 suite quite well unless you have really heavy requirements (very large images running lots of filters).

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Nov 11, 2010 3:58 PM in response to MacNorton

The PowerBook G4 was (imho) the most beautifully designed computer Apple has ever made, so I share your affection for it.

Unfortunately it can't (normally) be upgraded in the way you describe but you might try asking these people (I note you're in the UK). I've always found them very helpful and able to work miracles.

http://www.group8.com/

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Whitecity

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Nov 11, 2010 4:12 PM in response to Tom in London

Do you really need CS5? CS4 should run fine on the machine you have.

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