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From: Mike Rosenberg on 15 Jan 2010 09:36
Mr. Strat <rag(a)nospam.techline.com> wrote:

> > "I reloaded an iMac 27" with 10.5 and that's working fine except for
> > the brightness control."
>
> I'm still not buying it - I do computers for a living.

So do I. I've seen a tray-loading G3 iMac running OS X on an unpartioned
60 GB hard drive, something that isn't supposed to be possible and yet
there it was. I've seen several Macs running OS X with half the minimum
required RAM.

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From: Bruce Esquibel on 15 Jan 2010 10:33
Mike Rosenberg <mikePOST(a)togroupmacconsult.com> wrote:

> So do I. I've seen a tray-loading G3 iMac running OS X on an unpartioned
> 60 GB hard drive, something that isn't supposed to be possible and yet
> there it was. I've seen several Macs running OS X with half the minimum
> required RAM.

I don't see why you guys are grinding your wheels over this, it's probably a
typo and the OP meant a 17" imac.

-bruce
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From: Nick Naym on 15 Jan 2010 13:18
In article 1jccq7b.w913vd4hm6iiN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com, Mike
Rosenberg at mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 1/15/10 8:30 AM:

> Mr. Strat <rag(a)nospam.techline.com> wrote:
>
>> No, I said that it can't be done. When Apple releases a new model of
>> computer, it is unable to run any previous operating system version.
>
> And yet he's doing it:
>
> "I reloaded an iMac 27" with 10.5 and that's working fine except for
> the brightness control."



What about David's comment?:

> I would not recommend trying this.
>
> The resulting 10.5 system would be unreliable at best, due to running on
> unsupported hardware. In particular, it would be missing drivers for new
> hardware components in the 27" iMac. It appears from Mike's original
> post that control of the display brightness is one such issue. ...


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From: Mike Rosenberg on 15 Jan 2010 15:51
Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

> What about David's comment?

What about it?

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From: Nick Naym on 15 Jan 2010 16:26
In article 1jcdap3.1dtg4n9m83w8yN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com, Mike
Rosenberg at mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 1/15/10 3:51 PM:

> Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> What about David's comment?
>
> What about it?

<sigh>

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