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MAC OS Tiger for G5- can i use your old copy? (Williamsburg)

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Date: 2009-08-06, 10:46AM EDT
Reply to: gigs-u9sut1308794563@craigslist.org
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Dear community of computer people in Brooklyn/Williamsburg,
I have the unfortunate situation of a PowerMac G5 that will not start up and I'm thinking it's the OS. My system disc is in some other state somewhere hidden in some obscure box that's probably labeled "forks and knives" or something completely inaccurate, I don't have money to take a cab somewhere with this giant beast of a computer to see what it is for sure, and I would go ahead and just buy Leopard but I'm not 100% that will fix the problem.

To give you the low down on the problem (in case you think I'm a lost cause), what happened is this:
I came home.
Finder disappeared.
The cursor and computer was responsive, but... I went to force quit Finder and ... no Finder to be found.
So, I shut down the computer.
Upon restarting, it makes it to the Apple logo and spinning gear
but then goes black.

I have access to my hard drive so I know that's all good there. I honestly just think my OS crashed on me. But. I could be wrong.

If you could be so kind as to lend me your old copy of Tiger if you can spare it, just so I can see if that can solve my problem, I would probably love you forever. Even if it doesn't work. Because if it doesn't work, I'm abandoning ship and you can have the thing for free if you have any use for a 60lb piece of beautiful hardware that ... can now be used as art work and decoration for your bathroom for all I care. A foot rest? Perhaps you could empty out its contents and use it to pot plants. In fact, that's not a bad idea. I might steal my own idea and do that.


ANYWAY, please email me or call me. I'll gladly meet you on Bedford and we can barter for it. I'll bring some old stuff of mine, you can bring some old stuff of yours and we'll call it thrifty. Cool.



<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 <-- my infinite love for you



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