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Posted by Michelle Steiner on 05/06/06 23:12
In article <0001HW.C08231C3005A8761F0488530@news.wildblue.net>,
Donald McDaniel <orthocross@invalid.net> wrote:
> But if I have not, I recognize the possibility that I may be in error
> (if it is an error). I am not convinced as of now that it is an
> error. I really don't trust Mac fanatics very much. I see no reason
> they would have to ever speak the truth, especially to me.
It appears that your definition of a Mac fanatic is anyone who knows
what he's talking about regarding the Mac, and who counters the
falsehoods spread about the Mac by Windows fanatics.
> My brother tells me that a Retail version of OS X 10.4 will only
> install if a previous version of OS X is already on the HD (or I have
> simply misunderstood what he said, which is possible).
>
> Of course, he could be in error himself, or I could be
> misunderstanding him.
Either he is in error or you misunderstood him--if he said anything like
that in the first place, assuming that he exists.
> But just so you will understand where I am coming from,
OEM means "Original Equipment Manufacturer"; therefore, in the case of
computer software, it is the software that ships with the computer.
An OEM version of the Mac OS is the version that ships with a Macintosh.
A full retail version of the Mac OS is the version that you buy in a
box, and that does not ship with a computer.
An OEM version usually will install only on the model machine it ships
with (but if more than one model of the Mac is released at the same
time, quite often the OEM version will install on all of those
particular models). Because it ships with the computer, there is no
need to sell it separately.
A full retail version of the Mac OS will install on any Macintosh that
supports that version of the OS. And because it will install on any
Macintosh that supports that OS, there is no need to sell
machine-specific versions.
It does not matter what OS is already installed on the computer, or
whether there is any OS installed on it.
Any version of the Mac OS can be installed in any of the following ways:
1. Upgrade an existing, earlier version, of Mac OS.
2. A "clean" install, archiving previous installation (with the option
of copying preference files and third-party application files to the
newly installed OS, from the old OS).
3. Erase the disk and installing fresh, losing everything that had been
on the disk.
4. Installing on an existing disk that does not have Mac OS X on it
(e.g., a data disk, or an OS 9 or earlier disk), without destroying any
data.
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