Hello,
Just picked up (my first) Macbook off of eBay for $490(!!) but it comes with Tiger 10.5.4 and the max it can support (according to wikipedia
) is 10.8.
So i thought, why not jump the gun and upgrade to it so i can keep it like that forever but (stupid me) just sold my only 10.6.3 Snow Leopard disc so i have no way of getting the app store.
My friend has a Mac aswell and said he'd let me create a (temporary) account to buy and download 10.8 so that i can create a bootable USB or DVD of it but i'm a bit concerned:
For starters, i want to erase the hard drive and write a few 'zero's' over it so there is no trace of data on it (was an Ex-lease Mac) and do a fresh install of 10.8 but i'm scared that the installation might not work and then i have a blank hard drive.
And firstly, is it even possible to install 10.8 over 10.5.4 (after erasing hard drive? <--- Im 99.99% sure that was a stupid question and that i can, but a mac is a whole new world for a PC man.
Thanks in advanced, Danz207
Just picked up (my first) Macbook off of eBay for $490(!!) but it comes with Tiger 10.5.4 and the max it can support (according to wikipedia
) is 10.8.So i thought, why not jump the gun and upgrade to it so i can keep it like that forever but (stupid me) just sold my only 10.6.3 Snow Leopard disc so i have no way of getting the app store.
My friend has a Mac aswell and said he'd let me create a (temporary) account to buy and download 10.8 so that i can create a bootable USB or DVD of it but i'm a bit concerned:
For starters, i want to erase the hard drive and write a few 'zero's' over it so there is no trace of data on it (was an Ex-lease Mac) and do a fresh install of 10.8 but i'm scared that the installation might not work and then i have a blank hard drive.
And firstly, is it even possible to install 10.8 over 10.5.4 (after erasing hard drive? <--- Im 99.99% sure that was a stupid question and that i can, but a mac is a whole new world for a PC man.
Thanks in advanced, Danz207
