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kklenz · Oct 17, 2007, 11:26 AM

Hi, Looking at 10.5's system requirements, I'm wondering if I can upgrade to 10.5 from 10.3.9 on my iMac G5 with combo drive, not superdrive. I'm not sure if it has a DVD drive which is required to install 10.5. If not, I may have to purchase a separate DVD drive to plug in - right? Thanks.

TETENAL · Oct 17, 2007, 11:35 AM

A combo drive reads DVDs. Did you never watch one?

Art Vandelay · Oct 17, 2007, 12:14 PM

Combo Drive: An optical drive that reads/burns CDs and reads DVDs
SuperDrive: An optical drive that reads/burns CDs and reads/burns DVDs

adamfishercox · Oct 17, 2007, 04:35 PM

I.E. Yes.

Art Vandelay · Oct 17, 2007, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by adamfishercox

I.E. Yes.

To clarify Adam's "yes"...

Yes, you can install Leopard with your Combo drive. No, you don't need to get a separate DVD drive.

adamfishercox · Oct 17, 2007, 04:54 PM

Damn... and I thought my yes was all-clarifying.

Art Vandelay · Oct 17, 2007, 05:04 PM

Well, the first question wasn't really a question in the OP's post. When I first read your response and read the first post, I thought you were answering the latter until I reread it again.

So, don't beat yourself up too hard.

kklenz · Oct 17, 2007, 07:29 PM

Thanks very much to everybody for clearing this up for me. I asked, because I vaguely remember that you had to order a CD-ROM version of 10.4 for older Macs, so maybe I was a little confused by that. Thanks again.