Posted by Michelle Steiner on 05/08/06 08:47

In article <0001HW.C083850A0006F175F0488530@news.wildblue.net>,
Donald McDaniel <orthocross@invalid.net> wrote:

> Confusing, ain't it? It almost confuses me, and I've used Windows
> since Windows 1.0, so I can understand why it would confuse
> exclusively-Mac users.

With the Mac, it's so much simpler.

If the OS ships with a computer, it will normally work only with that
model computer; one exception is that if two or more models are released
(or maybe announced) at the same time, that OS will install on all of
those models, but with no other models.

If it comes in a box, it will install on any Mac that supports that
version of the OS. (This means that Tiger, for example, will run on any
G3 or later Macintosh that has a Firewire connector. However, there are
separate versions for Power PC Macs and Intel Macs--but since every
Intel Mac ships with Tiger, there is no need to install a retail version
on it. Having said that, I can envision that someone can lose or damage
the disks that came with the computer, and would have to replace them.
I believe that Apple would replace them for a fee, though.)

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