Cannot install 10.6. Says cannot install on this machine

what does this mean?

Alex Rios wrote:
what does this mean?
On your 20" iMac pull down the Apple menu and select "About This Mac". If The "Processor" is not "Intel", then your iMac cannot run Mac OS X 10.6.
If your iMac does have an Intel processor, launch Disk Utility, then select your boot device (not boot volume) in the column on the left, probably the top item in the list. If the "Partition Map Scheme" is not "GUID Partition Table", then you'll have to reinitialize your drive to have that partition map scheme.

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I'm 24 with a bachelors degree and I am very comfortable with my mac. AKA you don't have to reply like you're teaching your grandma how to email.
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I don't know which version of the Mac OS came with the computer you are specifically working with, so let me just use OS 10.3.7 as an example.
So, assume that the computer originally shipped with OS 10.3.7 pre-installed from the factory.
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I hope this helps.
Let us know if you have other questions.
P.S., if you'd like, go ahead and click the "Helpful" or "Solved" buttons on any of the posts / replies above if you feel they were helpful or adequately answered your question.

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