can you install leopard on a g4 power pc mac?

[jimbean]

can you install Leopard on a G4 power pc processor.
useing the install disks that come with the new intel macs or will it give you and error message and if so how can you find a power pc version of leopard?
thank you to all that can help.

 

[TEG]

Maybe.

If the G4 is 867 MHz. or faster you can install Leopard directly. It is unknown if the discs that come with systems can be used, but likely you can't since they will check to see if they are on the appropriate hardware. It is also possible that they will only Intel specific drivers and binaries.

I would suggest buying Leopard if you want to do it (all DVDs sold will run on Intel and PPC Macs).

If your system if below 867Mhz. you will have to install via Firewire Target Disc Mode, but likely only from another PPC (likely G4) Mac, as other wise the correct drivers may not be loaded if installed from a G5 or Intel Mac.

TEG

 

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says....and as has been said countless times in countless threads - even if the restore disc from the Intel Mac did work, installing it on another computer is a violation of the license agreement....oh yeah!

 

[MisterMe]

...
useing the install disks that come with the new intel macs ...

To reiterate the Duff-Man: New Macs don't come with install disks. They come with System Restore disks. You cannot install the OS from one model Mac on a different model Mac.

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

^ that guy speaks the truth. not only will you violate the license agreement and such, that system restore disc contains drivers for that particular mac, say keyboard, mouse, GPU, CPU, NPU, display, etc. Every mac is different, however slightly.

 

[Macky-Mac]

..... how can you find a power pc version of leopard?
...

the retail version will work as long as you meet the processor speed requirement. It's available for sale at any apple store, the online store and resellers all over the place

 

[gonyr]

You can definitely install onto a PPC G4. The 867 mhz limit is for a supported installation. There are ways to get around this and install on slower machines:

http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/unsupported.html

Disclaimer: I have not tried this.