ura86 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 So i am getting this 17 inch powerbook from this girl for $350. Is mad cheap. Has 1 ghz proc. 1 gb ram . 64 mb nvidia graphics.... super drive and that wireless thing you call airport or i dont know. The laptop is making noises and i think is the hard drive. i have not personally herd the noises but i seen the laptop in person when i visited her weeks ago. We know that it has a faulty hard drive. My question is if i can replace the 10.3 she got there with my JaS 10.4.8. I got that os with the intention of installing it on 2 intel p4 pcs i got. Now i wonder if i can be able to install the JaS on the powerbook G4 laptop. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48623-jas-osx86-1048-on-g4-powerbook/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-rick Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 nope... will not work.. Jas is x86.. G4 is powerpc.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48623-jas-osx86-1048-on-g4-powerbook/#findComment-348143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan015 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 u can always buy a copy of the tiger PPC version at the apple store... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48623-jas-osx86-1048-on-g4-powerbook/#findComment-351388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 replacing the OS won't help if it is a hard disk failure. Your only hope is to replace the hard disk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48623-jas-osx86-1048-on-g4-powerbook/#findComment-352298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
four! Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 HDD Replacement and PPC Tiger Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48623-jas-osx86-1048-on-g4-powerbook/#findComment-352833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernalzero Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 ask the girl if she still has the tiger install discs...or go searching at the usual places, I've found the ppc CD (there are 4) on the green demon before. first you'll have to get a new hdd anyway and you can get instructions on how to disassemble/reassemble from www.ifixit.com goodluck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48623-jas-osx86-1048-on-g4-powerbook/#findComment-352936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennny Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 can i upgrade powerbook g4 from 10.2.8 tiger ppc 10.4.8 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48623-jas-osx86-1048-on-g4-powerbook/#findComment-353910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
four! Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 yeah it shouldn't be a problem to upgrade. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48623-jas-osx86-1048-on-g4-powerbook/#findComment-353995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
svizi Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 No you can't. That's a whole different version of os. You can only go up to 10.2.9 - if that existed. You have to buy a tiger ppc version! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48623-jas-osx86-1048-on-g4-powerbook/#findComment-354149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennny Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 thanks can i use someones cd from their mac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48623-jas-osx86-1048-on-g4-powerbook/#findComment-354190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 yea you should be able to, just find a friend or download one from a place i cant name, pm me if you want to know where Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48623-jas-osx86-1048-on-g4-powerbook/#findComment-354223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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