Clean Leopard install on a new MacBook Pro???
Hi all,
I have a brand new MBP, with Leopard on disk as provided in the box. I think it's an upgrade version, if there is such a thing. I have heard that it's a good idea to do a 'clean" OS install, to get rid of trialware and stuff, also to help system performance. has anyone used the disk enclosed in the box to do so? If so, did it work? Can I even do that?
Any help or advice will be appreciated!!
Thanks,
dave
It depends -- if the MBP already has Tiger on it, then you may have Tiger install disks and "CPU Drop-in" Leopard disk, which is upgrade-only (meaning a clean install requires installing Tiger first, then Leopard). (See here.)
However, the amount of free/trial stuff on your MBP will be pretty small (probably just iWork), and as getting rid of it is a lot simpler than it is in Windows a clean resintall is a) more effort than it's worth, and b) probably pointless as the software will still get installed. Just drag any unwanted apps to the Trash, and they're gone!
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