Q: Novice asking a basic question

The answer depends on what exact model of iMac you have; some 2010 iMacs are too new for a full installation of Mac OS X Server 10.6 from the DVD. Click here and follow the instructions.

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YES: You can install either Snow Leopard or Snow Leopard Server on the 2010 iMac, and the installation of Snow Leopard Server will give you full Snow Leopard capabilities.  You can ignore the Server aspects of it, unless you need to use it in a network.

I do not understand why you would want to install Snow Leopard Server, other than you have already paid for it and do not want to buy Snow Leopard.

But in any event, it will install on the 2010 iMac.

You can partition your iMac and have Snow Leopard in one partition with the troubleshooting program and Mavericks in the other.

Niel wrote:

 

...some 2010 iMacs are too new for a full installation of Mac OS X Server 10.6 from the DVD...

I suspect that you are confusing it with the 2011 iMac; but even the 2011 iMac can install Snow Leopard Server from its DVD.

No, I'm not. The issue is that those Macs can be booted from Mac OS X 10.6.8 but are slightly too new to boot from retail 10.6.3 DVDs; therefore, they're also too new for a full installation of Mac OS X Server 10.6.3 using only the DVD, and it can only be used to convert an existing client installation, which is new enough, to Mac OS X Server.

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Please review and reconsider your statement:

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Niel wrote:

 

No, I'm not. The issue is that those Macs can be booted from Mac OS X 10.6.8 but are slightly too new to boot from retail 10.6.3 DVDs...

Further, a review of the EveryMac website for all of the 2010 iMacs released that year, shows that they will boot from 10.6.3:

http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_year/macs-released-in-2010.html

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However, to the OP: If you have the original Snow Leopard install DVD that came with your 2010 iMac,

https://discussions.apple.com/message/25234928#25234928

then why are you attempting to install Snow Leopard Server on this 2010 iMac?

Also, (via your other post) note this user review of the Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 on the Amazon website:

This game requires a high memory video card not found on most Mac computers.

Be careful when buying any version of this game. Don't purchase without verifying the required video card.

 

Complex video graphics can be a problem with virtualization; and a 2010 iMac may not have the required video card even if running Snow Leopard natively.

Maybe, this program wants to run in Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" 

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Glad to hear that you will be able to run Tiger Woods PGA 2003 again on your 2010 iMac with Snow Leopard!

Acquisition of IP rights are subject to negotiations and every acquisition can differ.

In the field of sports, generally personalities, such as a Tiger Woods, would license his name and likeness for one year for the game with an advance and royalty.  After all who wants to buy a 2003 game if another got personality has "his game" available in 2004 with a 2005 date in the title?

Of course, there may be renewal options based upon income projections with an updated date in the title.  But chances are that EA/Aspyr lost their license to this title when they did not enter into a new or renewal deal with Tiger Woods for an updated title.  They would have a period of time to sell off their existing inventory and retailers would usually have an unlimited time to sell off their stock.

For example, I once helped a fan of Fred Astaire obtain a copy of his first TV Special, An Evening with Fred Astaire, aired on NBC on October 17, 1958.  This special was noteworthy for not only being Mr. Astaire debut on television, but the first use of color videotape that was "shot live" and then edited for broadcast.

This fan was so taken with this special that he wanted to obtain all the rights to do a 50th Anniversary Telecast on PBS.  However among all of the rights that he would have to obtain, the music licensing on behalf of, if I remember correctly, the Irving Berlin estate required too high of an upfront advance for his budget. 

You see when somebody owns the IP, they get to set the rules and in this case in order to hire the attorneys to negotiate the license, pay their overhead, and get what they felt was adequate compensation for what they consider to be the "jewel" of music publishing, they set too high a price for the project to go forward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oivx0aJJmC8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lghtn6LttCQ