Leopard Up-to-Date Discs

[owaters]

Hey,

Does anyone know what discs Apple are shipping for the Leopard Up-to-date program?

- Are they retail full install?
- Are they update only?
- Are they hardware specific or will they work on any mac?

Thanks

 

[Giaguara]

Usually they are "upgrade only".
Previously it used to be that only the first disc was different, that's when they still pressed them in CDs...
Should work on any Mac that meets the specific system requirements - for all these Upgrade Only discs it will probably mean that they could do an Intel only.

 

[owaters]

Thanks ;o)

I will confirm my questions when the discs arrive for other users.

 

[ScottW]

The Up-To-Date discs are FULL INSTALLS according to customer service at Apple.

 

[owaters]

My discs still haven't arrived, however I have read some messages on the Apple Discussions regarding this.

It appears the 'Upgrade Discs' require an existing system to be installed on the machine. My question is, once the existing system has been detected, can you do an erase and install process?

 

[ktwdallas]

I got mine today, it was labeled "Not for Resale" but otherwise appears to be a full install DVD.

 

[fryke]

*If* it can only install on a Mac that already has a system it _will_ let you do an erase and install (i.e. clean install). That's the way it was with Tiger and every other OS X upgrade before. It'd be nice if it's really a full retail version. Did you really test on a system without an installed Tiger, Leo or Panther, owaters?