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    How Do You Run A Mac Os Intallation?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by wakikilady, Apr 7, 2008.

  1. wakikilady

    wakikilady Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys i have been trying to run a n installation on Mac book G3 for some time now but i don't actually know if i need to install a boot camp b4 i get start the installation cos its giving me a hell of a problem here :confused:
     
    wakikilady, Apr 7, 2008
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    A Macbook G3 is too old for what you want to do. You need a Mac with an Intel CPU.
     
    Budding, Apr 7, 2008
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  3. r0k

    r0k Notebook Evangelist

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    What are you trying to install? Windows? Leopard? Your post says you are
    but is missing the all important detail of exactly what you are trying to install and exactly what OS you have on your G3.

    If you are trying to install Leopard, you don't have to have an Intel cpu. I installed Leopard on my older G4 mini with no problems after upgrading the memory to 1 gig. It seems slow compared to all my Core Duo machines. But I suspect that a G3 might not work at all.

    If you are trying to install boot camp, parallels or windows, yes you absolutely need an Intel Core Duo cpu based mac.
     
    r0k, Apr 7, 2008
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  4. Budding

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    Leopard's minimum system requirement is a 867MHz PPC G4. So a G3 is guaranteed not to work.
     
    Budding, Apr 7, 2008
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    thnksfrthmmrs Notebook Evangelist

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    Although there are ways around this... ;)
     
    thnksfrthmmrs, Apr 7, 2008
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    r0k Notebook Evangelist

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    There may be ways to get around it but if the OP wants to run boot camp and get windows to boot on G-anything, they are out of luck.
     
    r0k, Apr 7, 2008
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    the G3 can do tiger though by default right? should probably install tiger, sell, buy a macbook.
     
    masterchef341, Apr 7, 2008
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