tiger won't install on macbook

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tiger won't install on macbook

I recentlly purchased a Macbook MA252 1.83GHz 2GB 320GB. It came without an operating system. I tried to install Snow Lepord but it said I needed Lepord first. So I then tried to install Tiger but when I put the disk in it does nothing. I'm assuming that the computer doesn't support the newer version of Tiger & I have to install Lepord. The Tiger disk isn't the gray disk but the black one. Any help would be great.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Feb 29, 2012 11:55 AM

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Kappy

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Feb 29, 2012 11:59 AM in response to Jw22

An Intel Mac can only run a special version of Tiger that was never released publicly. You can install Snow Leopard if it is a Core Duo or better processor but you will have to erase the drive and use a retail copy of Snow Leopard, not a drop-in updater disc.

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Niel

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Feb 29, 2012 12:02 PM in response to Kappy

The Mac OS X Server 10.4 Universal Binary will run on early Intel Macs and is available to the public, and every Intel Mac that was publicly available and has at least 2GB of RAM supports Snow Leopard or Lion.

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