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is my MBP worthy enough for OSX Lion ?

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10-Dee-Q

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May 10, 2006
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Bandung, West Java, Indonesia & Singapore
hi i own MacBook Pro 5,3
2.66 Core 2 Duo Peryn
8GB Ram
750GB 7200 rpm HDD


now running snow leopard 10.6.8

i just bought Lion on my iMac
but before i install it , i've burn a copy of OSX lion on a DVD.

is my machine worthy enough to run LION without any hiccups ?

if it is , then how to clean install ?
i've backup all my data on an externall HD
and i want to install a clean install Lion to avoid any problem in the long run.

can someone tell me how to do it ?

and is there any download link to download the 10.7.2 update ?

thank you very much.
 
Your MBP will run it just fine. In order to clean install, you must boot from the DVD and erase the HD with Disk Utility.
 
10-Dee-Q said:
cause i heard thta i need to have 10.6.8 before i can install Lion ?
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Nope. If you have Lion in DVD, then you don't need any OS. That is kind of the idea of a clean install.

iisforiphone said:
What's a combo update?
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It has the contents of all previous updates. E.g. You can use combo update to update from 10.7.0 to 10.7.2. Otherwise you will need to update to 10.7.1 first.
 
Hellhammer said:
Nope. If you have Lion in DVD, then you don't need any OS. That is kind of the idea of a clean install.



It has the contents of all previous updates. E.g. You can use combo update to update from 10.7.0 to 10.7.2. Otherwise you will need to update to 10.7.1 first.
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oh good to know so if you make a install dvd for 10.7.2 but by the time you need to use it its at say 10.7.6 you would use the combo updates to get up to date faster than just the normal check for updates way?

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10-Dee-Q said:
cause i heard thta i need to have 10.6.8 before i can install Lion ?
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that would be if you wanted to download lion from the app store, which is the way apple says to do

you can make your own Lion install dvd using the installer file you would download the first time you purchase lion, this way is not publisized by apple but you can find tutorials on how to make this dvd


now once you have a "retail" dvd of lion you can install it direct on a blank hard drive without needing 10.6.8 and the app store
 
iisforiphone said:
oh good to know so if you make a install dvd for 10.7.2 but by the time you need to use it its at say 10.7.6 you would use the combo updates to get up to date faster than just the normal check for updates way?
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Software Update uses combo updates automatically.
 
Hellhammer said:
Software Update uses combo updates automatically.
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just when i thought i was understanding i am back to being confused

so if your install dvd is a version that since been updated more than once, is it recomended your use combo update or just the normal way of clicking the apple and check for updates? or are you saying they both do the same thing
 
install via usb2,0

hi guys
i have a strange situation that you can see the full story on " Insert new HDD and then.... " thread on macbookpro item on https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread
so;
i think that because of a bad surface on gery dvd, i can't install or restore (MYBE AS I THINK)
So somebody knows how can i be able to install snowleopard 10.6 via USB 2,0?
i can recall these days on new loptops apple uses USB 2.0 flashes insteade of grey Dvds to boot the devices in snowleopard. So only would i need a bootable usb2,0 flash storge and a image of my own grey dvd?
 
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