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08-11-2011 at 09:19 PM
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all my mac techies read this!!
so i want to upgrade to os lion but i'm still stuck on os leopard .... my question is .. should i wait until apple releases a way to upgrade or just pay $60 to go from leopard to snow leopard to lion?
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08-11-2011 at 09:22 PM
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so i want to upgrade to os lion but i'm still stuck on os leopard .... my question is .. should i wait until apple releases a way to upgrade or just pay $60 to go from leopard to snow leopard to lion?
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There will never be a way to upgrade from leopard to lion, you most definitely need snow leopard. I suggest you wait, upgrade when 10.7.1 is released. |
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08-11-2011 at 09:25 PM
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There will never be a way to upgrade from leopard to lion, you most definitely need snow leopard. I suggest you wait, upgrade when 10.7.1 is released.
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any idea when that'll be?
and .. my sister has the snow leopard on her mac because she obviously bought hers after mine .... can i use her cd that came with her mac or do i have to purchase a new one? |
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08-11-2011 at 09:28 PM
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and .. my sister has the snow leopard on her mac because she obviously bought hers after mine .... can i use her cd that came with her mac or do i have to purchase a new one?
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No that won't work. If you do not have the 60 dollars, download both operating systems from thepiratebay. |
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08-11-2011 at 09:31 PM
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No that won't work. If you do not have the 60 dollars, download both operating systems from thepiratebay.
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would you be able to give me a link to a trusty source?
and all i do is download it from a torrent right? |
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08-11-2011 at 09:31 PM
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Why does apple name its stuff off of rare exotic special kitties?
Aren't they operating systems equivalent to windows xp, vista, 7, etc? Or are they patches/upgrades? Sounds like like you'd have to pay for it cause its a whole new thingy?
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08-11-2011 at 09:35 PM
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Why does apple name its stuff off of rare exotic special kitties?
Aren't they operating systems equivalent to windows xp, vista, 7, etc? Or are they patches/upgrades? Sounds like like you'd have to pay for it cause its a whole new thingy?
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Apples OS upgrades are structured slightly differently. Their cost is much lower than their windows counterpart, typically 30 dollars. However recently they have made it so that in order to upgrade to Lion you need to have Snow Leopard which was last years operating system. Steve jobs likes kitties. |
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08-11-2011 at 09:36 PM
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Apples OS upgrades are structured slightly differently. Their cost is much lower than their windows counterpart, typically 30 dollars. However recently they have made it so that in order to upgrade to Lion you need to have Snow Leopard which was last years operating system. Steve jobs likes kitties.
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Thats a good idea, I wish Bill Gates adopted that business model.
And they called it... Rottweiler, awwwwww cheeahhhh |
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08-11-2011 at 11:26 PM
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any idea when that'll be?
and .. my sister has the snow leopard on her mac because she obviously bought hers after mine .... can i use her cd that came with her mac or do i have to purchase a new one?
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You can use her Snow Leopard Install Disc, no serial etc.. needed.
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08-11-2011 at 11:30 PM
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Thats a good idea, I wish Bill Gates adopted that business model.
And they called it... Rottweiler, awwwwww cheeahhhh
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I wish every company followed the Apple business model. Except the, you know, overpriced part of the deal.
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08-11-2011 at 11:37 PM
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Misleading title is misleading... :(
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08-11-2011 at 11:38 PM
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The only reason you need to have Snow Leopard first, is so that you can download lion from the App Store. It is definitely possible to upgrade from Leopard directly to Lion. You will need to create a disk image on a CD or USB Key of the Lion installer. To do this you will either need to get a friend to download Lion and use that file to create the disk image, or download it through other means (torrents).
You can easily find instructions on how to create a disk image of Lion on a usb online.
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08-12-2011 at 09:21 AM
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so i upgraded to snow leopard this morning and instead of using an external drive i just partitioned my HD. now that i have snow leopard installed can i remove the partition? and if i do remove the partition will i loose the OS? or do i have to upgrade to lion first and then go back and delete it?
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08-12-2011 at 09:44 AM
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I wish every company followed the Apple business model. Except the, you know, overpriced part of the deal.
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And the controlled release of already dated hardware. |
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08-12-2011 at 10:38 AM
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would you be able to give me a link to a trusty source?
and all i do is download it from a torrent right?
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Quick google search brought this up:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1610...leo pard.html
Attempt at your own risk. |
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