Installing Leopard on old Macbook from New Macbook's disks

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  1. l3lue, Jan 6, 2008

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    So, I have one of the original Macbooks. My girlfriend got a new Macbook for Christmas (with Leopard pre-installed, of course). So, I was hoping that I could take her "Mac OS X Install Discs" and install Leopard on my computer since they're both Macbooks. I tried to intall and I get "This software cannot be installed on this computer".

    I'm assuming that the install disks only work with the computer they came with now? Is there any way around this?
     
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  2. Reflow, Jan 6, 2008

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    Nope, just buy leopard for your old machine. Since you can't run it on both machines.
     
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  3. AlBDamned, Jan 6, 2008

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    The discs with the newer machine are specific to that machine, and will have a different version number.

    Also, it's against the licence agreement. Best bet is to buy Leopard new and outright as Reflow says.

    Mind you, if you're happy with Tiger I wouldn't bother. Very little to recommend Leopard over Tiger at the moment.
     
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  4. heatmiser, Jan 6, 2008

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    Have you ever heard the phrase "a blessing in disguise"?
     
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