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Read Before You Install Mac OS X Public Beta This document provides information about installing Mac OS X Public Beta that isn’t in Welcome to Mac OS X. For the latest information about Mac OS X, open Mac Help and search for “Late-Breaking News” after you install Mac OS X. For more information about Mac OS X, visit the Mac OS X Web site (www.apple.com/macosx/). Important Mac OS X Public Beta is pre-release software provided on a trial basis for a limited time. It’s being made available to you for evaluation and development purposes only. Do not use Mac OS X Public Beta in a commercial operating environment or with important data. You should back up all of your data before installing this software and regularly back up data while using the software. Your rights to use Mac OS X Public Beta are subject to the terms of the software license agreement that accompanies the software. System requirements This version of Mac OS X works with the following computers: m any Power Mac G4 computer m any Power Macintosh G3 computer m any PowerBook G3 except the original PowerBook G3 m any iMac computer m any iBook computer Your computer must have m at least 128 MB of RAM m internal video, or an Apple-supplied ixMicro or ATI video card m at least 1 GB of disk space available 1 Hardware issues Updating your computer's firmware Before you install Mac OS X, you may need to update your computer’s firmware. Updaters and instructions are available at the Apple Software Updates Web site (asu.info.apple.com). You may also need to update the software for any device you use with your computer. Check with the manufacturer for the latest update. Installing on an original Power Macintosh G3 If you install this release of Mac OS X on an original Power Macintosh G3 with an internal ATA disk, select a destination for Mac OS X that is in the first 8 GB of the disk. Installing on a Power Mac G4 with a second ATA disk If you have a Power Mac G4 computer that came with an internal ATA disk and you have installed a second ATA disk that uses the same connector as the original disk, you must install this release of Mac OS X on the original ATA disk. Installing on a PowerBook G3 You cannot install Mac OS X on an external SCSI disk connected to a PowerBook G3 (bronze keyboard). Installing on FireWire or USB disks You cannot install this release of Mac OS X on a FireWire or USB disk. Mac OS X currently provides limited support for FireWire hard disks. Although you cannot use a FireWire disk as your Mac OS X startup disk, you can store documents on a FireWire disk. Installing on a computer with a third-party SCSI card If you have installed a third-party SCSI card in your computer and you cannot start up Mac OS X, attach a disk or terminator to one of the card’s ports. Using more than one monitor If you have more than one monitor connected to your computer, you may need to unplug the se…