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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Finally got my new iMac!
Date: 28 Mar 2015 22:20:23 GMT
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On 2015-03-28, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> In article <mf73e0$4eg$6@dont-email.me>, sctvguy1
><sctvguy1@invalid.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:04:19 -0600, Neill Massello wrote:
>> > sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> wrote:
>> > 
>> >> Where would I get the CDs/DVDs for the OS?
>> > 
>> > There are no discs for 10.7 and later, but you may be able to find 10.6
>> > DVDs at Amazon or at We Love Macs <http://www.welovemacs.com/>.
>> 
>> Thank you, I did find the stuff on Amazon, the Lion thumb drives, and 
>> even Mavericks and 10.10 on Kingston thumb drives that you can buy from 
>> people.
>
> Just make sure that the older iMac can actually use the newer versions
> of OS X before potentially wasting money buying them.

His iMac is circa 2009, and any iMac Mid-2007 or newer will run
Yosemite, according to Apple.

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