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Luis Ortega
Oct 15, 2007, 09:38 AM
I have noticed that most software licenses allow the software to be installed on your main desktop computer plus your laptop computer.
Is this also the case with Leopard?
If I buy a Mac Pro that comes pre-installed with Leopard in the near future, can I also use its Leopard install disks to install Leopard on my MBP which came with Tiger pre-installed?
Thanks for any advice.



cptpower
Oct 15, 2007, 09:51 AM
I believe that this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=359582) may be of interest to you:

bmcgrath
Oct 15, 2007, 02:15 PM
omg not again.....

Macky-Mac
Oct 15, 2007, 02:58 PM
I have noticed that most software licenses allow the software to be installed on your main desktop computer plus your laptop computer.
Is this also the case with Leopard?
If I buy a Mac Pro that comes pre-installed with Leopard in the near future, can I also use its Leopard install disks to install Leopard on my MBP which came with Tiger pre-installed?
Thanks for any advice.

Apples' software license is a "single use" license and you are not supposed to have it installed on more than one computer at a time.

Plus.....the version that comes bundled with a Mac Pro may well be set up to only install on a Mac Pro.......some believe that's done to prevent people from doing exactly what you're wondering about!

Roy Hobbs
Oct 15, 2007, 03:14 PM
I have noticed that most software licenses allow the software to be installed on your main desktop computer plus your laptop computer.
Is this also the case with Leopard?
If I buy a Mac Pro that comes pre-installed with Leopard in the near future, can I also use its Leopard install disks to install Leopard on my MBP which came with Tiger pre-installed?
Thanks for any advice.

Most that all 2 installs are not OS's
Big difference

jstad
Oct 15, 2007, 03:19 PM
Apples' software license is a "single use" license and you are not supposed to have it installed on more than one computer at a time.

Plus.....the version that comes bundled with a Mac Pro may well be set up to only install on a Mac Pro.......some believe that's done to prevent people from doing exactly what you're wondering about!

He beat me to it!! :D I tried this since I wanted into install the newer version of 10.4 from my Macbook disks onto my Mac Mini, no cigar :(

tdhurst
Oct 15, 2007, 03:33 PM
omg not again.....

I second that. Christ, we have this same stupid conversation every OS release, new Mac release, whatever...