Mac Geekery

just bought my second MBP, came with Leopard. I have a slew of pro apps running just fine, thank you, in Tiger, cloned to second new computer, will not boot – kernel panics.

Tried Archive & Install with discs from first MBP, red stop sign “will not install OS to this volume” or whatever.

Set into target mode, erased device/volume, attemped clean install, same thing.

Called Apple, first escalation indicated that the install DVD from the first MBP was not compatible with the build of the second. understandable. He sent me two discs, neither worked.

Called again, confirmed with two different techs that engineering basically flipped off guys like me and made the MBP’s as of November not Tiger compatible. volume formated GUID, no other issues with the drive itself.

Warning: whine section to follow.

This is a PRO PRODUCT, not an iBook. There’s no reason for this, especially when it is recommended practice to have separate partitions or HDD for upgrade migration in pro apps environments. I did not have this problem with 10.0 to 10.2, nor 10.3 to 10.4 with PPC G5 or laptops. MOFO’s!!

Any suggestions?