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jazz1

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Can a retail copy of Mac OSX Boot and Install a new system? Is there something special about the OEM system disk? I assume the retail box would have to be recent.
 
Can a retail copy of Mac OSX Boot and Install a new system? Is there something special about the OEM system disk? I assume the retail box would have to be recent.

You can install the Retail version of OSX as long as it is the same version or newer than what was included on the machine.
 
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