Mac OSx newbie question.

warren_1979 · 10 Apr 2011 at 16:13

Hi.

I've picked up a 2nd hand mac mini. Unfortunately It doesn't come with an os. This is my first mac so I'm not too clued up about OSx.

I've seen snow leopard on the apple website for £26 which seems really cheap, but it just says it's an upgrade. Would I be able to use this DVD to do an install on a empty hard drive?

The mac is intel based.

Cheers.

warren_1979 · 10 Apr 2011 at 16:30

No I need OSx really. It's going to be a music server.

Which one of you is right? Is it possible with this disc or not?

Cheers.

warren_1979 · 10 Apr 2011 at 16:42

Ok cheers.

I'll have a think about it. There are some on eBay for about £22. I take it these are the same as the apple shop?

It says 'Mac OS X 10.6 Retail Snow Leopard Full Single MC223Z/A'. Legit?

warren_1979 · 10 Apr 2011 at 18:39

Will do cheers all

warren_1979 · 11 Apr 2011 at 18:38

fez said:
Its a bit weird for it not to have an OS on it. The only OS that you should ever buy from apple is an upgrade as every machine they have comes with an OS and its illegal to run it on anything else other than their hardware.

It had Linux on it.