Update my software with the restore disk?
Hello everyone,
I am thinking of purchasing a new MacBook Pro and was wondering if I can use the restore disc to upgrade my OS 10.3 and my ILife 03 on my desktop G-5. I asked a technical support guy at MacMall and he said it would not work. He said the restore disk will only work on a MacBook Pro. Is this accurate? I know Apple probably frowns on this, but it seems to me that if I purchase a new computer, I should be able to upgrade my old software without having to purchase it separately.
Dual 1.8 GHz. G5 Mac OS X (10.3.8)
Thanks,
I was suspicious that the new MacBook Pros being based on the Intel chip design might require a slightly different software package. So the only way to upgrade the old G-5 is to purchase the software upgrades separately, right?
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