fresh install snow leopard?

[hirui]

Can we have a fresh/complete install of snow leopard without os x 10.5?? I have asked 2 staff through apple.com support, they both said you can only upgrade based on 10.5, is that true?

 

[uaecasher]

Can we have a fresh/complete install of snow leopard without os x 10.5?? I have asked 2 staff through apple.com support, they both said you can only upgrade based on 10.5, is that true?

you can only upgrade if you buy the 29$ upgrade disk, if you get the box set *169$* you can install 10.6 directly

 

[Yaris]

You can but you will have to buy the full version of Snow Leopard with iLife and iWork for $169.

 

[hirui]

single disk on 2 macs?

I got 2, a iMac and a MBP. Does it really matter to install them with a single license DVD?

 

[Hellhammer]

I got 2, a iMac and a MBP. Does it really matter to install them with a single license DVD?

Yes, single license is for one Mac only. Apple doesn't ask for serial so it doesn't really matter but in worst case, they can inactivate your license so you'll lose it. If you're not ultimately low in cash, get family pack.

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

We don't know yet if we have to have Leopard on the disk before installing SL. But I doubt we do since Apple checked whether you have Leopard pre-installed on your machine when you bought it before they let you purchase the upgrade disk for $29. They've already checked if you have Leopard. The Apple Support staff basically said "you need 10.5 to buy disk. that's all we know".

 

[wallstreetcrash]

Apparently you can go Disk Utility, delete the partition of leopard and install SL fresh.

 

[Marcus263]

Is there an advantage to doing a Fresh Install, I know that you get a better feeling about your upgrade being clean, but other than that an upgrade surely puts you in the same position as a fresh-install. I mean it's not like upgrading from Win 98 to XP where a tonne of residue is left behind?

 

[hirui]

Is there an advantage to doing a Fresh Install, I know that you get a better feeling about your upgrade being clean, but other than that an upgrade surely puts you in the same position as a fresh-install. I mean it's not like upgrading from Win 98 to XP where a tonne of residue is left behind?

It is feeling better also you can get rid the junk applications and the support files. I mean Apple really shouldn't charge for the upgrade, It is should be go through "Software Update..."

 

[hirui]

Apparently you can go Disk Utility, delete the partition of leopard and install SL fresh.

Are you sure about that?

 

[hirui]

Yes, single license is for one Mac only. Apple doesn't ask for serial so it doesn't really matter but in worst case, they can inactivate your license so you'll lose it. If you're not ultimately low in cash, get family pack.

I heard that iwork 09 doesn't have a serial number as well now. All the DVDs are the same I suppose, does Apple really be able to inactivate the license?

 

[edesignuk]

does Apple really be able to inactivate the license?

No, he/she is talking rubbish. There is no activation in OS X, so it cannot be de-activated.