HELP! Moving an early 2008 MBP over to Mavericks.

Hi guys,

So I'm still using my early 2008 MPB. Unfortunately I don't have the cash to upgrade at the moment so thats not an option.

I've just purchased a 3rd party battery and charger to get the old beauty back into the game.

I'm currently running Leopard OSX so I can't access the app store to get Mavericks.

Is there any way I can download Mavericks via my PC and then boot it onto my mac with a USB drive?

Ideally I'm looking to clean install Mavericks onto the Mac as I want to wipe my harddrive (after I've saved the important stuff!) and start a fresh... and possibly sell the macbook and invest in a newer one!

So TLR

How can I get Mavericks onto a MBP running Leopard without using another mac to download it?

chrfr said:

No, you can't access the App Store from Windows, you'll need to buy Snow Leopard in between.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Presumably you could also go into an Apple Store, log in, and download it there from one of their Macs, then build a bootable installer later.

Click to expand...

So there's no way to download a .dmg file from a torrent site?

In theory I could go into the apple store with a memory stick and download it and transfer it to the stick?

chrfr said:

If you're willing to trust that the OS isn't compromised, I guess that's possible.


Yes.

Click to expand...

Ok great one last question.

Hypothetically if I managed to get a dmg of Mavericks onto a USB drive can I do a clean install onto my mac with it? Or will I still need to download Snow Leopard?