How about buying a refurbished iMac of the same vintage just to run your software? You can get them from powermax.com...
No, 2012 Macs can't run 10.4.x, regardless of how or where it's installed.would it work to install Tiger or SL on an external disk - FW or USB3, then choose that disc as a startup and run it from there?
How about buying a refurbished iMac of the same vintage just to run your software? You can get them from powermax.com...
Would it be possible to install Snow Leopard then?
As some of you are aware of, my iMac exploded. So i went and ordered myself a brand new Mac Mini, and now i am having some second thoughts.
You see, my old iMac dual-booted OSX 10.8 and 10.4. The problem is that the new Macs can only run 10.8 (if I'm wrong don't hesitate to correct me) and as far as i can see, no-one has documented anything about running 10.4.
Q: Why would you even want to put such an old operating system on your computer?
A: My line of work requires me to use Tiger. Simple as that.
Any help (and then i really mean any help) is appreciated!
I recently found a brand new "Old" Mac Mini online that runs Snow Leopard. I didn't need a lot of power, just backwards compatibility. The company had six left, but it looks like they've all been sold, still, there are some "New" refurbs out there.
Oh, oh. Maybe it's the software that runs those robots pretending to be our elected representatives, that would explain a lot.Sounds like a typical government operation... what a surprise!
I'm using mine for business. How many new macs have you had fail out of the box? I've had one fail in 23 years, and that's a lot of Macs.Will you rush over to the OP with your Mac Mini when, after he purchases the last of the six available, and it fails and there are no more for him to purchase?
Remember, this is for a business setting...
I always buy a new spare these days when Apple discontinues something I like. My still boxed last of the 17" MacBook Pros, would be an example. It'll come in handy.
Thanks for the link, I've got a parallels disk around here somewhere, and I stocked up on snow leopard disks. Except for new machines (darn, there are three of them now, must have happened when I wasn't paying attention), I'm sticking with snow leopard as long as I can, but it can't hurt to be prepared for the Future.Out of the box failure is not the issue, but failure at any point! Yes, built in redundancy is a good policy in your situation.
However, since you do have a business, you might want to educate yourself about the solution for running PowerPC apps while in Lion or Mt. Lion, as well.
Installing Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels in Lion or Mt. Lion
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By the way, I still have a machine that reads Jaz Drives, Zips and even 256MB Opticals and floppies. It's saved me more than once and you never know, I might discover an old Mozart manuscript.
Sounds like you're Retro Proofed, but if you ever need a Syquest read, let me know.I've kept my Powerbook 1400c with its Zip drive, floppy and CD modules; and my Apple //c with its 5.25 and 3.5" floppy drives, too!
Sounds like you're Retro Proofed, but if you ever need a Syquest read, let me know.
Oh that I had the time, I would have burned mine, but not to disk.Thanks for the offer, but I burned all of my Syquests to CD-R's years ago!