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can I upgrade os x 10.3 to 10.4?

I changed from at&t to comcast and I have had so many problems with emailing. I finally got comcast to get me to atleast be able to read my email but I can't reply to any emails. My operation system is a Mac OS X 10.3. My apple system correlates to M8951LL/A specs. I think that comcast only supports OS X 10.4 and higher, mine is a 10.3. Does anyone know if I can upgrade to a 10.4 with a computer this old?


I tried to download Lion and Tiger but both of those require 10.4 minimum. Bottom line does anyone know first if it is possible to upgrade to a 10.4 with my emac and if so how?


I appreciate anyones help....I am doing this for my mom, this is alll she has that keeps her going so I want to come thru for her...thanks again!!!

emac 900 1 ghz-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.3.x), M8951LL/A apple system

Posted on Feb 1, 2012 7:05 PM

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User profile for user: BDAqua
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Feb 1, 2012 7:45 PM in response to sam419

Tiger Requirements...

To use Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, your Macintosh needs:

* A PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor

* Built-in FireWire

* At least 256 MB of RAM (I recommend 1GB minimum)

* DVD drive (DVD-ROM), Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) or SuperDrive (DVD-R) for installation

* At least 3 GB of free disk space; 4 GB if you install the XCode 2 Developer Tools (I recommend 20GB minimum)

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1514


See Tom's, (Texas Mac Man), great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3089008?answerId=15305521022#15305521022

old: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9755670&#9755670


Or Ali Brown's great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...


http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10381710#10381710


Leopard requirements/10.5.x...


* Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor


minimum system requirements


* 512MB of memory (I say 1.5GB for PPC at least, 2-3GB minimum for IntelMacs)

* DVD drive for installation

* 9GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)


http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mac+os+x+leopard+retail+10.5


You can upgrade it to 1 GB of EAM/Memory.

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