Cant install leopard on G5

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  1. blazerbro79, Oct 16, 2009

    blazerbro79 macrumors newbie

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    I recently bought a older mac(emac G5), and today i bought leopard. I go to install it and it says my mac isnt a intell-mac. I was wondering if theres a way to tell if my mac is an "intell-mac" or am i just wasting my time with leopard.
     
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  2. celticpride678, Oct 16, 2009

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    Leopard should install fine on an INTEL Mac. However, did you buy Leopard or SNOW Leopard? There is a difference.
     
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  3. shwc, Oct 16, 2009

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    G5 is the "power pc chip" architecture, not an intel architecture. Snow Leopard will not install on the G5.
     
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  4. old-wiz, Oct 16, 2009

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    If you just bought Leopard it's likely it is snow leopard, which is intel-only.
     
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  5. Consultant, Oct 16, 2009

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    eMac only has g4 processor, that's PPC, not intel
    if you have iMac g5, that's PPC, not intel

    everymac.com to look at your specs.
     
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  6. blazerbro79, Oct 16, 2009

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    yeah it was snow. and i thought i had a G5. im a newb to this. well i know what im doin tomorow lol. thanks for the help :)
     
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