Comments on: Apple laptops & OS X Leopard http://www.everythingisdesign.com/2008/02/10/apple-laptops-os-x-leopard/ Chicago, user experience, interaction design, information architecture, information design, usability, graphic design, product design, strategy. Mostly. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:10:02 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Gino http://www.everythingisdesign.com/2008/02/10/apple-laptops-os-x-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-9344 Gino Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:52:47 +0000 http://www.everythingisdesign.com/2008/02/10/apple-laptops-os-x-leopard/#comment-9344 Thanks for the feedback everyone. AFAIK, it is deliberately difficult to do, but Tiger on a MBP is possible even if it came Leopard pre-installed. I've been Googling on the keywords and all kinds of good stuff comes up. Here's a link to a <a href="http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=1242886&Main=1235771" rel="nofollow">discussion forum topic</a> from a ways back. I feel it is not obvious and not easy but it is within my reach. Problem is of course that the Intel format is different from the PowerPC G4 format, but all other things being equal, well, we'll figure something out. Thanks for the feedback everyone. AFAIK, it is deliberately difficult to do, but Tiger on a MBP is possible even if it came Leopard pre-installed. I’ve been Googling on the keywords and all kinds of good stuff comes up. Here’s a link to a discussion forum topic from a ways back. I feel it is not obvious and not easy but it is within my reach. Problem is of course that the Intel format is different from the PowerPC G4 format, but all other things being equal, well, we’ll figure something out.

]]> By: Robert Morrow http://www.everythingisdesign.com/2008/02/10/apple-laptops-os-x-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-9339 Robert Morrow Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:25:42 +0000 http://www.everythingisdesign.com/2008/02/10/apple-laptops-os-x-leopard/#comment-9339 Gino, I think Mark is right. Yes, if you did all of this and still managed to have a solid performing machine, 95% of the user install base will not have the know-how to do this. To me, it really shows the, should I dare to say, attitude Apple is now showing its users. Apple like many other companies is forgetting about customer support and giving the end user more flexibility and usability. Can we all say, "Bloat ware". Just to be fair to everyone, I have been working on, and servicing Macintosh computers for over 15 years so I do have a little history with them. Thanks for the article and good luck with your purchase decision. Gino,

I think Mark is right. Yes, if you did all of this and still managed to have a solid performing machine, 95% of the user install base will not have the know-how to do this. To me, it really shows the, should I dare to say, attitude Apple is now showing its users. Apple like many other companies is forgetting about customer support and giving the end user more flexibility and usability. Can we all say, “Bloat ware”. Just to be fair to everyone, I have been working on, and servicing Macintosh computers for over 15 years so I do have a little history with them. Thanks for the article and good luck with your purchase decision.

]]> By: Gino http://www.everythingisdesign.com/2008/02/10/apple-laptops-os-x-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-9333 Gino Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:24:50 +0000 http://www.everythingisdesign.com/2008/02/10/apple-laptops-os-x-leopard/#comment-9333 Thanks; I'm not sure that is the case, since there are reports of people on forums Archiving & Installing Leopard and clearing their Open Firmware to do so. Thanks; I’m not sure that is the case, since there are reports of people on forums Archiving & Installing Leopard and clearing their Open Firmware to do so.

]]> By: Mark http://www.everythingisdesign.com/2008/02/10/apple-laptops-os-x-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-9332 Mark Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:12:44 +0000 http://www.everythingisdesign.com/2008/02/10/apple-laptops-os-x-leopard/#comment-9332 Incidentally, you cannot install/boot Tiger on a Mac that ships with Leopard. The firmware is not backwards compatible to support that. Incidentally, you cannot install/boot Tiger on a Mac that ships with Leopard. The firmware is not backwards compatible to support that.

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