From: Jolly Roger on
In article <1jji5he.e2da54cvmsnoN%nospam(a)see.signature>,
nospam(a)see.signature (Richard Maine) wrote:

> erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article <jollyroger-6C7BB3.09343503062010(a)news.individual.net>,
> > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article
> > > <drache-9D8772.09274103062010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>,
> > > erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I had the Mac store tech install it
> > >
> > > Is that a true Apple store, or a third party?
> >
> > True Mac store; they sell nothing else.
>
> The way you phrase that makes me unsure whether you understood the
> question. A third party store can also sell nothing other than Macs.
> That doesn't make it a "true Apple store". By that term, Jolly was
> asking whether it was a store with the actual "Apple Store" brand, owned
> or franchised by Apple. Note the way he contrasted it with "or a third
> party." A "Mac store" would not be the same thing; that sounds like a
> description rather than a store name. If it does happen to be a store
> name, then no, that's not a "true Apple store", but would be a third
> party.

Exactly.

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From: D.F. Manno on
In article <jollyroger-265B78.09501003062010(a)news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:

> You have't told us much at all about the hardware. All we know currently
> is it's a G4.

Well, that's his problem right there. Snow Leopard won't run on a G4.

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From: erilar on
In article <jollyroger-E9794C.11032203062010(a)news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:

> Whoever told you Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 won't support Ethernet on this
> machine either knows something you aren't telling us about the machine,
> or is full of bull. I've run Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 on similar models
> without issue (Ethernet was fully functional).

Oh, it worked with OS 10.4.11. It went down faced with 10.6.3 8-)

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From: Jolly Roger on
In article
<drache-B5D28B.11552303062010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.exa
mple.com>,
erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:

> In article <jollyroger-E9794C.11032203062010(a)news.individual.net>,
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > Whoever told you Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 won't support Ethernet on this
> > machine either knows something you aren't telling us about the machine,
> > or is full of bull. I've run Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 on similar models
> > without issue (Ethernet was fully functional).
>
> Oh, it worked with OS 10.4.11. It went down faced with 10.6.3 8-)

Mac OS X 10.6 won't run on a Mac that old. You must be mistaken.

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From: erilar on
In article <jollyroger-E8543D.12205103062010(a)news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:

> In article
> <drache-B5D28B.11552303062010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.exa
> mple.com>,
> erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article <jollyroger-E9794C.11032203062010(a)news.individual.net>,
> > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Whoever told you Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 won't support Ethernet on this
> > > machine either knows something you aren't telling us about the machine,
> > > or is full of bull. I've run Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 on similar models
> > > without issue (Ethernet was fully functional).
> >
> > Oh, it worked with OS 10.4.11. It went down faced with 10.6.3 8-)
>
> Mac OS X 10.6 won't run on a Mac that old. You must be mistaken.

It's not on the old Mac; it's on the new one, and it tells me the
ethernet cable is unplugged, which it is now.

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