Computer question (probably a dumb one)[views:1109][posts:11]_____________________________________ [Nov 8,2006 1:03pm - hungtableed ""] I want to upgrade this mac g4 my bro sort of gave me. It is currently rockin' mac os 9 and I want to get at least os x tiger. My question is that, after I upgrade ram and possibly add a second hard drive, will I have to re-install programs like photoshop and illustrator after installing a new operating system? Will I need the discs for such programs at any point of upgrading my operating system? Also, a friend of mine is getting the new adobe creative suite - is it possible use his discs to load that shit on my rig? After all, I think my brother got the photoshop 5.02 that is running on the mac I got from a friend. Does that shit still work or have software companies caught on to that type of shit? |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 8,2006 1:10pm - the_reverend ""] yes, you will have to re-install most things unless you keep the os 9 enviorment there too. |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 8,2006 1:15pm - hungtableed ""] rats |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 8,2006 1:30pm - the_reverend ""] when I did that upgrade, something got updated and still worked, but for the mostpart, I had to install everything and a lot of the things I used didn't get upgraded for osx so I had to flip back to 0s9 mode. |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 8,2006 1:35pm - hungtableed ""] so, keeping my old operating system will essentially save any programs I have loaded on there? I'm assuming when you upgrade then that I will be asked if I want to save os9 on there too right? I'm really concerned about photoshop because I need to use it for a school project. Ill be damned if I upgrade and lose the program and be forced to finish my shit in the comp lab at school. |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 8,2006 1:36pm - annnonymous ""] hail windows! |
| ____________________________________________ [Nov 8,2006 11:35pm - anonymousteinberg ""] Macs teach users to be clueless. Use UNIX instead!88 |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 8,2006 11:38pm - anonymous ""] try *nix asshole no one thinks calling it by it's corporate surname is l33t |
| _________________________________ [Nov 9,2006 12:16am - sxealex ""] Os x is FreeBsd dickle weed |
| _________________________________ [Nov 9,2006 12:19am - sxealex ""] just download all the programs on bittorrent and do a fresh install u can get the serials off "serial box" also with a torrent |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 9,2006 12:19am - the_reverend ""] no d'uh... that's why when anti-racism said to use freebsd, I scratched my head. |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 9,2006 12:25am - anonymous ""] He really meant to say to use HURD, on a VM running on a NeXT box |