Install Intel Leopard on PPC Tiger iMac?

Question

My G5 iMac PPC hard drive needs to be replaced. It came with Tiger. I have the Leopard Install Disc that came with my other new Intel iMac. Can I install that Leopard onto the new internal hard drive on my PPC iMac?

Answer 1

This is not strictly true. Here is my earlier post on the matter:
I don't know much about the various Apple license agreements but I suspect these matters may not be as black and white as some appear to believe.
It is certainly the case that Apple require normal single licenses to be transferred with all associated media but this may not be completely enforceable in all jurisdictions.
It would be wrong to assume that possession of a DVD etc is any indication of license ownership or the right to use it. For example Apple state that AMP agreements revoke the earlier license but they don't recover the old DVDs. My understanding is that educational software can be transferred and used legally by other educational users so here again possession of the DVD may not confer the right to use it, ie the person with the DVD may not be associated with education - what happens at the end of a student's course?
I am not sure if any of the volume licensing agreements permit licenses to be transferred. A quick investigation indicated that they are probably not transferable although this did not appear to be so clear for school licenses. Those unfamiliar with volume licenses may not be aware that the media and license are separate, eg a 1,000 seat license is supplied with only one media set although further media can be purchased at a nominal price.
Whatever the strict terms of their licenses eventually large concerns often sell their old computers with at least a working, although perhaps old, OS.
In my volume licensing world I do not assume that:
1 - possession of a DVD implies any right to use it
2 - the lack of a DVD implies software is unlicensed.
As long as we don't intend to promote or commit an illegal act I can see little reason to be too concerned with whether other contributors possess a particular DVD.