In article <Help.Needed-70D370.12133623012008@news.TITANnews.com>, Help Needed <Help.Needed@hotmail.com> wrote:
> HOW DO I SWITCH TO INTEL?
The first thing you would have to do is buy an Intel Mac.
> My current OS is 10.4.11 on the PowerPC. > > Will my current set-up run on a new INTEL, do I need to do some major > re-installing, do I need to simply upgrade to 10.5?
You will get 10.5 with the Intel Mac; by now, I'm sure that all stocks of Macs with 10.4 installed have been sold.
> I have no clue how to make the transfer from PowerPC to Intel, and > keep everything working on my external HDs, including the external > bootable OS on the HD.
I think that you would have to reformat the external drives with the GUID partitioning system. To do this, you would have to back up the drive, reformat it, and restore the data, then install Leopard.
> I DO NOT want to boot from the computers, I only want to boot from > the external HD.
I don't see why you want that, but if that's what you want...
> Also, if I upgrade the external HD and external OS to work on the > Intel, does that mean I WILL OR WILL NOT be able to boot and work > with my older PowerPC G4s?
You will have to buy another copy of Leopard in that case, and install it on the external drive because the copy that would come with your new computer will not work with any other model.
I don't understand why you want to make it harder than it needs to be, though.
