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    Can I use my macbook tiger OS cd to install on friends macbook?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by passive101, Apr 21, 2008.

  1. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    He can't find his Tiger CD and he needs to downgrade to do his work.

    Can he use my install cd on his macbook? We both have intel processors.
     
    passive101, Apr 21, 2008
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    you can use it only on one laptop
     
    Xirurg, Apr 21, 2008
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  3. sulkorp

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    technically yes, legally no.
     
    sulkorp, Apr 21, 2008
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  4. Budding

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    It is actually legal to use a Mac's OS X disc on a different Mac which also initially came with the same version of OS X, since the OS X license is licensed to a Macintosh computer, not to the actual OS X disc that came with the Mac.
     
    Budding, Apr 21, 2008
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    Correct! If you read through the EULA, you'll find this is true.
     
    system_159, Apr 21, 2008
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  6. Sam

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    Wow, really? Doesn't that render the Family Pack, pointless? :D
     
    Sam, Apr 21, 2008
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    Not if you need to upgrade several computers, I think (from reading the above statements).
     
    niemassacre, Apr 21, 2008
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    Yeah, upgrading would mean installing a version of OS X that did not originally come with the purchase of your Mac computer.
    As the Mac you purchase only has the license for the version of OS X it came with and not any other version, using 1 upgrade disc on multiple Macs which are not licensed to the particular version of OS X of the upgrade disc would be breaking the EULA.
     
    Budding, Apr 21, 2008
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  9. passive101

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    Thanks everyone. It worked and his macbook is running again with 10.4.8 :)
     
    passive101, Apr 21, 2008
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