[clue-talk] OT: Request to borrow Mac OS 10.5.X install disc

[Mike Staver]

Nate Duehr wrote:
> On Fri, 22 May 2009 01:17:14 -0600, "Mike Staver" <staver at fimble.com>
> said:
>   
>> Thanks for the info and the offer. I'll let you know what I end up 
>> deciding.  The machine I have now has 10.5 on it, on a 120 gig drive.  I 
>> see I can get a 500 GB drive from newegg for $89, so now I'm thinking 
>> I'll do that before bothering with a reinstall. 
>>     
>
> Do it.  You'll want the mega-disk-space if you do any virtualization of
> other OS's.  Also max out the RAM.
>
> Also invest in a similar sized external USB drive and point Time Machine
> at it.  
>
> Automated backups are a wonderful thing, and an added bonus I didn't
> know until we bought my wife a new iMac a few months ago, is that Apples
> machine "migration" software is flawless... plugged the wife's Time
> Machine drive in, waited 30 minutes, and everything including all her
> applications was set up properly... on her new machine.  It even copied
> the older versions of Apple apps onto the machine but was smart enough
> NOT to overwrite the new iLife suite's applications.  Launched those,
> they properly imported the data from the older versions, and I went to
> bed early that night, after making sure I had a whole evening to
> dedicate to migrating her from one machine to another.
>
> It was so painless, I might just forget how to use tar.  LOL!
>
> Sorry, I know it's a Linux list, but I just had to share.  OSX is what
> desktop Unix SHOULD be.  Sad maybe that it's not 100% open, but hell...
> if I can get things done and not screw around with it... I'm an awfully
> happy camper.  A six-pack of Jolt and all-nighters just don't cut it for
> this "old guy" anymore, unless I'm building something interesting, or
> working on a presentation or something about something new/interesting. 
> Rebuilding machines from bare metal is an utter waste of time, these
> days... unless I'm at work and getting paid for it.  :-)
>
> Virtualization, machine images... all this new fun stuff makes life
> better.  Still having a great time with computers, but not wasting so
> much of it fighting with the desktop... the Mac just "stays out of my
> way" most of the time, and does its job.  Not the cheapest machines I
> ever bought, but worth it if you're past that stage where bare metal
> migration of Linux machines to new hardware is "interesting"... 
>
>   
So, I've owned this machine for about 3 days - and I'm already voiding 
the warranty :) I picked up a 500 GB drive from Microcenter tonite, and 
I'm about to drop it in.  After some research, I've discovered Apple 
makes it hard to do this in a Macbook Pro and it voids your warranty.  I 
find that very disturbing as I took for granted on every PC laptop I 
have ever owned that I could swap the HD out whenever I felt like it. 
Same for RAM. Oh well, it will be worth it.  Thanks everybody for the 
info and suggestions.