[Earthowl]

I would like to install wireless prepaid internet on my emac but the os the wireless internet needs is 10.5 or over. I found upgrades on the net but when I attempted to install it i got a message "bill of materials" required. I really have no idea what im doing - just winging it. Hope someone can help. Thanks

[Yankee Rose]

Hi Earthowl - welcome to TSG.

The only way to upgrade your eMac from Jaguar (10.3.x) to Leopard (10.5.x0) is to do so legally by purchasing a licensed upgrade.

You will need to check your eMac's specs (Apple/About This Mac) to make sure that your system can handle the minimum requirements for Leopard.

OS X 10.5 requires:

* An Intel processor or a PowerPC G4 (867 MHz or faster) or G5 processor
* A DVD drive
* Built-in FireWire
* A minimum 512MB of RAM
* At least 9GB of hard disk space

[Earthowl]

Thankyou Yankee Rose, I was following the advice given to me by the tech support at 3 mobile. I had no idea that what I was doing was illegal! I bought the emac secondhand from a school I work at and wanted to make it wireless internet ready, as it is a gift for my nephew. I think the house it is going to has dial up internet so that may have to do. I have fallen in love with the mac and intend to buy a mac book but really want to learn more. Do you have any advice about a good user manual I can get to help me understand my new love a little better? PS is that pentiums quote from the Wierd Al song? Thanks again for your help.

[Yankee Rose]

Hi Earthowl:

You will find tons of useful information on making the switch from a PC to Mac from Apple's Mac 101 and Switch 101 support information.

And YES! After more than 10 years somebody finally gets my Weird Al reference in my signature! Yes .... that song is where my signature comes from. Weird Al rules!

[Earthowl]

Hi Yankee Rose, Thanks for all your help and the links. I noticed in the forum that the thread has an unopened envelope icon - not sure what this means. I would like to mark my question as 'solved' and ensure Im using the right etiquette. Thanks again. PS My daughter and I are both mad Weird Al fans. He's got what I want - funny and clever!

[Earthowl]

Hey guess what? I found the solved button! Man I feel thick sometimes.

[Yankee Rose]

Glad you were able to mark this thread as solved.

Hey with just 4 posts you really are doing great! Remember we were all new here once!

Take care.