leopard grey install disks

[Skakidalex]

hey all,

ok here's my problem. I've wanted leopard since it came out but being so expensive I decided to wait, well, a little while ago I decided to finally buy it, woo. So I go on to ebay.. and I buy the grey install disks that come with the macbook for like.. $50. So I spend half my day backing up all my stuff, erase my HD, re-partition it and run the install... and nothing.. so I go on a working computer and look this problem up and I read that I need to buy a commercial copy of leopard for it to install.. now this makes sense and I'm fully willing to buy a copy, buut.. it's like $200 and I waited so long for these disks to arrive.So, I was just wondering if there was ANY way I could get these to work because I'm a student living on my own and I don't have the kind of cash to throw at the computer store to placate my desire for leopard so quickly.. any help will be appreciated!

 

[EricNau]

No, the grey disks you have - the system disks - can only be installed on the computer from which they came.

 

[swiftaw]

No, grey restore disks are model specific. They will only work on the exact model they were shipped with.

 

[Skakidalex]

crap! ok, thank you both

 

[sickmacdoc]

Wanted to add that I just checked the Apple Store (Canada) since it appears you are from Ottawa and Leopard there is $129 not the $200 you mentioned in your first post. Yeah, not as cheap as the $50 for the unusable disks, but still a good jump away from $200 anyways, so maybe that will help you get it sooner! 🙂

 

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says... ^^^ yeah, I am guessing that the thread starter got the prices for the single user and family pack mixed up - would not be the first one to make that mistake...oh yeah!