10.4.7 Intel Core install to G4 10.3.9

Question

I just purchased the Intel Core G5. Can I use the install disks on my G4 10.3.9 to upgrade that system. If so how? I put the disk in to see and it freaked!
Tha

Answer 1

Hello,
There is no such thing. Either it is an Intel or it
is a G5... they are completely different things.
That is partially Apple's fault there.
They chose not to make it distinctive. And, with the massive ad campaign for the iMac G5, they have successfully encoded that design into people's heads as a iMac G5.
To many, it would appear as thought the design is the iMac G5 and the processor is the CoreDuo.
By deliberately continuing the same design, and trying to make the transition invisible to the ordinary consumer, they kind of helped to create this confusion.
It's easy for someone who is not following all the technical papers and discussions to get the two mixed-up. Afterall, Apple wants you to see it as the same computer with a different processor, and that's how people see it. The same computer, different processor. Not everyone knew that it was called the iMac G5 because it had a G5 processor.
People who buy a home computer without comparing all the specs and such (the home user who just wants a machine) would see more distinction in appearances than names.
Cindi isn't the first one to make that mistake. So, it's obvious that Apple's strategy is working very well.
But, in general, we who know the machines can discern what is obviously meant by the question.