[pianotech] Database for Piano Business

[Kent Swafford]

Ah.

Bento requires the Leopard OS X v. 10.54 or later. Leopard is the last  
version of the operating system to support the old PowerPC chips like  
G4 and G5.

A more recent version of the operating system is available for Macs  
with Intel processors; that more recent upgrade version is called  
"_Snow_ Leopard" and is version 10.6.

If you have a G4 or G5, then you need Leopard (10.5) to run Bento, but  
Snow Leopard (10.6) does not run on the G4 or G5.

Clear as mud? Upgrade your machine to Leopard, then it will run Bento.  
You don't need Snow Leopard to run Bento.


Kent


On Sep 19, 2009, at 11:40 AM, David Ilvedson wrote:

> Kent,
>
> That is good news if I can find a Bento 1 copy...
>
> I don't understand the link you gave me?  I tried last night to  
> upgrade to Snow Leopard and right away it said I had to have an  
> Intel processor...I can't upgrade my wife's IMAC which has PowerPC  
> processor..apparently... '-[
>
> If you know something I don't please advise me...I'm a Windows guy
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "Kent Swafford" <kswafford at gmail.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Received: 9/19/2009 3:56:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Database for Piano Business
>
>
>>>
>>> On Sep 18, 2009, at 11:22 PM, David Ilvedson wrote:
>>>
>>> I considered checking out Bento but it only runs on Intel based
>>> Macs... '-[
>>>
>
>> Not true. I run Bento on a dual G5.
>
>> From the Bento web site:
>
>> "Bento 2.0v5 for Mac desktop software
>
>> Minimum System Requirements
>> Supports Mac OS X v10.5.4 Leopard or later and Mac OS X v10.6 Snow
>> Leopard. See details
>> If you haven’t yet upgraded, please visit www.apple.com/macosx
>> A Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 867 MHz or
>> faster processor"
>
>
>
>> Kent
>