can you install the same mac osx Tiger that came with an intell based mac on a powerpc g3 mac?

Question

please help

Answer 1

No, the versions of Mac OS X that ship with intel machines will not install on any machine that does not have an Intel processor. Furthermore, the discs do vary from the retail discs that you can purchase, as they also include whatever iLife applications were bundled with the system at the time (the retail discs do not) Disc sets that do come with machines are also limited only to the model of machine that they were bundled with and will not install on any other model of machine.

Answer 2

If the other Mac was a desktop Mac (MacPro), I think you can. Apple has always provided an install disk that is virtually yhe same as the retail disk with their desktop units since about 1999. If they haven't changed that practice, the disk of the MacPro should be just a standard Tiger install disk but without the laptop-specific software (battery monitor and such). Here are the details of requirements for Tiger:

* Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G3, G4 or G5 processor
* Built-in FireWire
* DVD drive for installation (unless you get the CD set)
* 256MB of RAM
* 3GB of available hard disk space (4GB if you install the developer tools)

For some older Macs (before the G3 processor), the hardware extensions are not included by Apple on the disk so you need to install XPostFacto first. Link below.

Answer 3

If it came with another Mac, it might run a check to see if the computer that you are installing it on is the type computer that the disks came with. Therefore, it might not let you install. If you bought the disks at a store, they will work with both Intel and PowerPC Macs.

Answer 4

No, it will not allow you to use the disks from one Mac on another.