Re: can I use the iMac G5 install disk to put Tiger on my G4 iBook?

Randy NYC asked:
> >> Are there any downsides to using my fairly new G5 iMac install disk to
> >> put Tiger on my G4 iBook?

Alice Faber replied:
> > Other than the fact that it won't work, none at all...

Mike Rosenberg added:
> Darn it, Alice, not only did you get to say that before I did, you used
> almost precisely the same words!

> To the original poster, just to expand on this, the install discs that
> come with Macs generally work only on that specific model.

Mr. Rosenberg could have added "And if it would work you would have to
decide for yourself whether theft is a downside."

Davoud

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