I spoke with an Apple worker and they said snow leopard would work but he didnt know if the upgrade disk would work or not. I need help with this. I will need 5 copies so i hope i can spend 20 or 30 instead of 600. Thanks. Email is ******
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You need to clarify what you're asking. Your post makes no sense to me.
See if your computer is compatible with Lion. The license allows you to install it on computers you own.
Check to make sure your applications are compatible. PowerPC applications are no longer supported after 10.6.
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If you buy the Snow Leopard family pack, you can install it on 5 computers in your family. You might have to look at Amazon and other places to find it.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_computers_can_you_install_snow_leopard_on
My question is if i buy snow leopard from apple for 19.99 or whatever it is will it install snow leopard on a computer with NO OS on it or it just an upgrade from a previous OS. If it wont work on a mac with no OS what do i need to buy and where can i find it. I am buying 5 mac books that all need an OS.
I know all of this. Will the snow leopard apple sells work for a computer that has no OS or is it just an upgrade
It should work as it is a stand alone system installation.
This Snow Leopard retail disk can be installed on any MBP model prior the 2010 models.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Assuming that your 2006 MBP is functional, this will work.
Ciao.
Thanks. I was reading that the macbook pro has a recovery built in so you can recover your OS. Do you think that will work?
zombill82 wrote:
Thanks. I was reading that the macbook pro has a recovery built in so you can recover your OS. Do you think that will work?
That feature is only available for OSXs post Snow Leopard (Lion, Mt. Lion & Mavericks). Snow Leopard will always require a disk.
Ciao.
Snow leopard was something that was suggested to me but apparently the model of mbp i have came with Lion. So if it came with lion recovery would be an option right?
zombill82 wrote:
Snow leopard was something that was suggested to me but apparently the model of mbp i have came with Lion. So if it came with lion recovery would be an option right?
If your MBP came with Lion it should have a recovery partition. To check, boot the MBP with the OPTION key down. The display should show two HDD icons. The recovery partition will be on the right.
Ciao.
OK so i was wrong again. Apparently the model of mbp i will have (dont actually have yet) came with Tiger, which obviously doesnt have a recovery. I have found out that Lion is the best OS i can put on my computer. So with all that i plan on buying Lion when i get the computer. Now the computer is coming wiped. No OS. Can i take the Lion download on a windows computer and make a disk or usb that will install Lion on the MBP? I dont have access to another MAC.
Maybe someone else has another idea about this, but the portal to the Mac App Store is on Snow Leopard, 10.6.8. So you will first need to install Snow, then run the Combo update to get to 10.6.8, then, for Lion, it is my understanding that you will have to call Apple and purchase the code for Lion (it's no longer on the MAS). OS upgrades are tied to Apple ID's and if you didn't purchase Lion originally, you won't be able to simply re-download it from the recovery partition.
Although it's no longer being supported by Apple, you may want to stick with Snow, at least for the time being. Lion has a number of issues that were corrected in subsequent OS versions, and you may not be happy with it. But I wouldn't use the native Safari browser, which hasn't been updated in quite a while. I'd get either Firefox or Chrome, which will be far safer.
zombill82 wrote:
No OS. Can i take the Lion download on a windows computer and make a disk or usb that will install Lion on the MBP? I dont have access to another MAC.
No, that is not possible. You will need a Snow Leopard installation disk. Note that is is a requisite in order to install Lion.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Run software update as WZZZ suggests to 10.6.8 and create an App store account. WZZZ's advice of staying with Snow Leopard should be taken seriously. If you do want Lion, then you will have to purchase that from the Apple online store:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion
Ciao.
I have a macbook pro core 2 duo (late 2006) that i need to install a OS on (It doesn't have one at all).
