OSX Tiger Installation CD available?

aloha-
i recently got the OSX Tiger software. And i have a G4 Quicksilver without a dvd player. Are there CD Installation Disks? If so, how would i be able to get these CDs? I want to keep the dvd disk because i am looking to a newer model Mac soon.
G4 Quiksilver Mac OS X (10.4)

sorry gang-
i found the same question on page 5.
mahalo
G4 Quiksilver Mac OS X (10.4)

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I read this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=818804
And s/he had similar problems. I just could really use some guidance here. I don't know how I'm ever going to be able to use my computer again, and I really don't have the $ to take it to a shop and get charged $200 for someone to install software that I could've done with a little bit of help.
All help is definately welcome, and more than appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Hi mace510,
first of all: WELCOME TO THE DISCUSSIONS!
Did you buy the disks from the Apple Store? Are they black or gray? Did you follow this procedure: 10.4 Tiger Upgrade: Decision tree+checklist? It shows which steps you could have taken to ensure a successfull upgrade. Please go through the list and tell us which points you did NOT cover. It might help to diagnose the problem.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24950
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Boot it from your install CD/DVD...
"Try Disk Utility
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2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
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4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120

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Hi, I want to downgrade from OSX LEOPARD to OSX TIGER but I have a few questions regarding this. My iMac is originally from Sep 2007 it came preloaded with tiger. I have original install (2) tiger discs version 10.4.10. I want to know if it is safe and what are the necessary steps to do so. Also by downgrading im wondering if a lot of apps nowadays support tiger for example I have photoshop version 5 and 4 these are very important to me. One last question does anyone know of any reliable virus protection for mac that doesnt slow down your computer? because I have read that a lot of them do so. If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it! Here are the specs for my iMac
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Most of the time a perception of general slow performance is the result of installing third party junk alleged to speed up, "clean" or "optimize" your Mac, or to look for viruses that don't exist. Ideally you would know what you installed so you can uninstall it, but if you don't know or aren't sure there are techniques such as Safe Mode and creating a temporary user account to confirm that suspicion.
If you open Activity Monitor it may show a process, or processes, that occupy a lot of your system's time.
Slowness confined solely to web browser activity is often the result of an inexorable progress toward websites that demand ever more processor-intensive tasks. If your slow performance is strictly limited to web browsing, you might try disabling Flash by either uninstalling it, or use utilities such as ClickToFlash that allow you to control what Flash content gets loaded. Flash in itself is not inherently evil, but there is nothing to stop websites or the advertisers who pay for them from writing horrible Flash code that can do everything from hogging 100% of your CPU's time to causing random crashes. You can watch Activity Monitor as in the above to correlate these troublesome web pages with performance degradation.
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Memory limitations: Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used
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MAC OSx Tiger loses connection info

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Hi
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Hi Stefchen,
Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Here's a great installer guide for installing OSX:
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I was just at compusa yesterday to purchase OSX Tiger, Family pack and they said that apple has recalled all OSX packages because of a glitch/problem.
No date on when it will be available.
Is this for real? seems like its still for sale at the apple store site?

It is more likely that the CompUSA store has its own policies about how much it can purchase at any one time based on customer demand, and how much storage space it has for specific software and hardware titles. There are numerous other places to purchase Mac products:
http://www.apple.com/buy/
I've noticed CompUSA does not carry every single Mac compatible software and hardware title I find at every other
resellers, and other resellers don't always carry what CompUSA has either. I would write a complaint to the general manager of the store.

Can OSX tiger or earlier be installed into a 8600/300 PowerMac?

Hi all,
Can OSX tiger or earlier be installed into a PowerMac 8600/300? I have OS 9.1 currently. If so, will it be easy to install? Thanks for your help.

OS X can only be installed on machines using G3 or later processors. Tiger requires a minimum of 256 MBs of RAM. Earlier versions of OS X required 128 MBs of RAM. These are minimum requirements. OS X requires a hard drive with a minimum of 6 GBs for installation but practically you need at least a 10 GB or larger hard drive. The hard drive must be formatted HFS+ (Mac OS Extended.)
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Because of the heavy graphic overhead demanded by OS X I don't believe you will be pleased with the performance on such an old machine.
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Hi there,
I am wondering if OSX Tiger can be installed on a Pismo.
Today I wanted to do a test with it, using the installation disks of a friend of mine who has got Tiger too.
It didn't work, the system said that it was not possible to install the software. On the actual CD it was written "For Powerbook 4" or something like that.
I wonder if that CD could only work on a Powerbook 4 or something.
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Gerrit,
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http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/133SO512328/
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75132
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