drumthrasher109 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Since I'm on an AMD system, and 10.5.7 will be released any day now, will getting 10.5.7 be worth it? I haven't found a way to update to a newer version on an AMD system, only on an Intel system. So this means I would have to download a whole new DVD off some site and start my installation all over again, which I don't want to do... So, will 10.5.7 be worth it? Or does anyone know of a way to update to a newer version without reinstalling OS X? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 The forum is full of upgrade tutorials. Just use the search. When 10.5.7 is released there will be tutorials for that as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 Well, one day, I spent at least 2 hours going through tons of threads and absolutely nothing helped. The search engine in iPB isn't very good (IMO iPB isn't even good). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=00948655...297:e41g72sr-ba http://######.com/osx86search/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 I searched on those sites. Still nothing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 What are you looking for exactly? You're already running 10.5.6. On a recent AMD system you should be able to follow the same update tutorials as I've done in the past (can't run Vanilla Kernel either on Pentium 4). Just stick with the Voodoo Kernel and you'll be fine. AFAIK there are no other special requirements for an AMD SSE2/SSE3 system if you use the Voodoo Kernel. The only thing I can think of is that you'd probably still need to manually patch some non-Apple binaries, I think the Voodoo Kernel only patches Apple binaries. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. My AMD experience is extremely limited. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 Is there any way to do a software update without breaking my install or having to download a whole new DVD? When I had 10.5.5, I really needed to update to 10.5.6, and I couldn't find any way at all to do so without downloading a whole new DVD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Yes there is. But why do you worry about that now? When 10.5.7 comes out the board will come alive with update posts. When 10.5.6 was released, this was a good thread to read: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=141093 Type 'Zephyroth ASU' into google or OSX86Search. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 I've read about that a long time ago but lots of people have had trouble with it. I don't wanna read through a bunch of posts to find one little thing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 LOL, well that's your problem. I hope you aren't sitting around waiting for someone else to do it for you. Sometimes there is no other way but to read and read until your eyes bleed. Especially if that little thing is very specific to your hardware. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 I'm not expecting anyone to do anything. I was expecting something to already be there. Tons of people are on AMD systems and I just so happen to not find any sort of tutorial on it... I guess I could try ASU. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I think you'll like this one....if it isn't too much reading for you. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=140683 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 Nothing is too much reading for drummy. I read the whole thing. Why would I want to follow the guide? I'm not trying to install a retail copy of Leopard on my PC. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Well you should. With a retail install it will be a lot easier to update to 10.5.7 when it comes out, because that's what all the early adopters will be running. 99% of the people who make the wheels turn around here are running retail. The main advantage to running retail is that you will have all your modifications and patches isolated from the installation itself. It becomes much easier to manage - and update. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 How is having a retail install going to make the update any easier? A side question: for an Intel CPU, as long as I'm on the vanilla kernel, I should be able to update just fine with software update right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 1. I just told you. If you don't understand what I mean, go back to reading the retail threads until you understand how it works. 2. No, you can use software update on all machines that can run OSX. How well it will go depends on the level of modification required for the OS to run on your hardware and how you have applied those modifications. If, by using a hacked install DVD like "Kalyan, iDeb or iAktos", you rely on others to do those modifications for you, you lose control and updating becomes a game of hackintosh Russian Roulette. If you install retail and patch as needed from your EFI partition or /extra folder you'll know your limits exactly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1134485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppa206 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 How is having a retail install going to make the update any easier? As far as the CPU, I might say yes but then I don't know what the rest of your system is so I don't know what might break. As far as running the retail copy over the distros, that's easy. You don't know what the authors of all those other disks have done or what software they have added that might break with an update. With a retail install, there are fewer chances something is going to go wrong. Even then it's not perfect, but close. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162286-is-1057-worth-it/#findComment-1154586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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