Hi Neil and Steven Neil makes some valid points
> Kyle's suggestion of cloning the drive over would be my preferred option if > the two machines were identical - I have never tried it between two different > models. It should be perfectly ok As they are both laptop's > It would not be an option if say one was intel and the other was a G5. > Assuming the are both intel machines That is correct They would both need to be the same architecture. Which they both are As Apple never made a PowerPC-based MacBook or MacBook Pro > I would try and confirm with someone that they had done this before on two > comparable machines - if so -go for it. This is the main reason I think it should work As I have started a iMac's Hard drive With a MacBook Pro Before and never had any problems > If you were able to clone the new system to an external firewire drive, just > try and boot from it - if it boots up and all works OK you should be able to > just clone it to the Macbook Pro. Recommend you do this if you possibly can > You have a number of options to get your repaired Macbook Pro up to speed. > > My preferred option would be a clean install on the repaired Macbook pro and > then migrate everything over from the current Macbook. That would be my preferred option to > You say you don't want to do this because you don't have the original > install discs - have you tried using the install discs that came with the > new Macbook - typically they only work with the same model but I'm not sure > how Apple differentiates this - for example the install discs from an iMac > won't work with a Macbook but I don't know if the Macbook/Macbook Pro are > different - you could try it in my experience it will either work or say > something like "this software cannot be installed on this computer". Unfortunately They are two separate sets of disks Kyle -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
