[stevesemac]

Wonder if someone could clear up a question for me
.Ii have an eMac running 10.3.9 but want to put a more recent versoin on ,like 10.4 or 10.5.
Having used other emac with more recent versions they seem to run quicker and I can use more recent versions of mac Office etc.
Problem is I bought some software off the dreaded ebay which said it was retail version of 10.4.1 for emac but it wont load,
Is there a Mac OS software bundle i can buy which will work with any emac cos we have 4 in the office and want them all to be the same operating systems.
thanks

steve

[Big Mac]

Yes, any retail 10.4 or 10.5 disc will work. If it's a Restore disc that's specific to a model then you may have problems.

[stevesemac]

Maybe you can help on this one too - i actually have 2 other emacs but one has a dead screen. both run on 10.4
I gather I can show the desktop screen of the dead one on the good one by connecting with a firewire connector then by booting up and pressing T.
Can I simply drag and drop my data plus any program files like Mac Office over from the bad to good emac.
cheers

[reader50]

Applications are not always self-contained on Macs. Especially big suites like Office. Make the FireWire connection and boot in Target Disk Mode ... then launch Migration Assistant.

/Applications/Utilities/Migration Assistant.app

It will offer to import applications, user accounts, network settings. You'd want the applications, and possibly one or more user accounts.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally Posted by reader50 

Applications are not always self-contained on Macs. Especially big suites like Office.

Nitpick:
Office is entirely self-contained. It dumps stuff all over the disk, but you can just copy the Office folder over to another machine, and it will re-install all the fonts and supporting crap without asking you the first time you run an Office app. Even the license will be copied over - at least, it was in Office 2004 (I refuse to upgrade).

I concur on the Migration Assistant.