Bit by the leopard

Rico says that, according to his expert friend Ivan, not only won't Snow Leopard run on his G5, he can't even get a board upgrade to change to the Intel processors that would work with it.
Screwed, blued, and tattoo'd. And out thirty bucks, unless he can find someone who wants it. (Which, thanks to his friend Bill, he did.)
So much for Apple support; you'd think they'd ask for a serial number or something before they let you order the damn thing...