Bought Refurb Macbook pro I want original software 10.5 not new 10.6

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[spinnerlys]

Restore DVDs are machine specific, so you can only use them on the exact same model.

What about contacting Apple and getting replacement DVDs for that model of yours? They should be the Mac OS X 10.5.x restore DVDs.

 

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[spinnerlys]

http://www.apple.com/contact/ - make sure, you get the 10.5.x DVDs and not the 10.6.x DVDs.

I read prices from 15 to 30 to 50 USD.

 

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[murdercitydevil]

ok, just talked to them. didnt have to wait long.

i talked to a really nice lady. she said they will send it to me, they usually charge 15 bucks, but they will do it for free.

thats awesome.

nice! they probably don't care much about 10.5.x anymore.

 

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[elleana]

i went ahead and loaded up my CS3 on snow leopard. i mainly use photoshop and dreamweaver. i don't want to jinx my self, but i haven't seen a problem yet.....i probably will now. haha

i will try out lightroom (first release) next.

i may have to start another thread for this question, but. ill ask it here.

ok so like i mentioned before i have 2x 500gb 7200 hard drives i want to install in this 13" macbook pro. i ordered the mce optibay, should be here in a couple days. i already loaded up all my apps like cs3 and did all the updates with snow leopard, and if things seem to work fine, ill probably just keep snow leopard.

can i just duplicate the current hard drive that came installed that i have now updated everything and installed apps on and contains the OS. as in can i just clone it over to one of the new hard drives and switch them out. or will it prevent me from cloneing the OS and CS3 and such.

will i have to get one of those programs like carbon cloner or whatever its called?

thanks

If you have a time machine, just use that. Its painless.

 

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[rkaufmann87]

thats probably what i will have to do. is there a certain support line i need to call or can i order it online. is it a pain trying to get something done over the phone?

how much will this cost me?

thanks

RTFM and it will cost about $30 if you can get em.

 

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[elleana]

RTFM and it will cost about $30 if you can get em.

Looks like you spent all your time reading the manual and not this thread...

 

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[Eddyisgreat]

its a lot easier to ask people online....its pretty much the only social interaction i get. why would i waste time searching through a manual when i can post my question here, and have an answer with in seconds, while i spend my time doing other things that need to be done. when someone else knows the answer and has free time they can post the answer. i thought that was the point of forums.

Because we are paid on salary and typically goof off without doing much, so there are periods where doing your own research will get you an answer relatively quick.

But for ez ones like this then...yeah...

oh and stop being so anti-social. have a nice day.