Powermac G5 New hard drive and fresh install of mac os. None Intel

You can format the disks using Disk Utility on a retail install disk. The last system that will run on your machines is Leopard, 10.5.8 (that's the last update version, though usually the discs that you can get are a little lower than 10.5.8, but Software Update will get you fully current).

You can try Apple's store number 1-800-MY-APPLE or also check eBay or other sources for retail versions of the operating system. I emphasize retail, because there are also grey system specific discs which will not work on your machine, which you needn't waste your money on.

When you format the discs, you need to make sure that they end up with an Apple Partition Map, which you can tell by looking at the bottom of the Disk Utility main window when you have selected the drive of interest.

Also, you can get manuals online for the machines at this Apple Link, as well as full specifications for the various G5 desktops at this Apple link.

There are also documentation areas in the Leopard Area of Apple Support.

Ray-the-man wrote:

Hi their is a version of 10.4.9 on fleabay full unused disc! I take it my G5 wont work with that.

I'm also based in Glasgow Scotland UK

I take it that their is NO Key with these discs or am I wrong

Ive also found out that anything below 10.4.2 wont install because of the dual core Correct?

Details below for the disc.

That disc should work fine; in fact it would be a very good choice. I (as noted in my product lines) run Tiger as I still need Classic support from time to time, and find that it works just fine for everything I do. If you need the latest iTunes to deal with a very new iPod or the iTunes store, then you would need Leopard.

To get some online graphics working a little better, I would suggest installing Perian freeware to give you some additional video support after you have gotten the machines going.

10.4.9 was never sold as retail, 10.4.6 was the last.

So that suggests it is OEM and likely for Mac Pro or another model.

Tiger was only sold retail for PPC

Intel Macs could only use and offered OEM discs

You don't need 8GB "RAM" but you do need disk space.

Probably 2GB RAM will do fine for basics.

25% or more free disk storage space - of course and at least 20GB - to work and perform properly, more so for performance.