Serial ## to upgrade Tiger to Leopard?

eclipse

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

• Feb 20, 2008

• #1

Hi all,
I'm tidying the office and am looking through my old Tiger packs... and can't seem to see where the Licence number is. Do I need a licence number when I upgrade to Tiger, or is it just a standard purchase price for all?
(I'm in Australia.)

 

Nermal

Moderator

Staff member

• Feb 20, 2008

• #2

Nope, there's no serial or licence number. Any retail boxed version of Leopard will allow you to upgrade or install on a fresh system.

 

eclipse

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

• Feb 20, 2008

• #3

So it's the standard price as well? No discount for being a loyal Mac loving user for many, many years? 😉

 

edesignuk

Moderator emeritus

• Feb 20, 2008

• #4

Nope, 1 price for all...unless you can get EDU discount.

 

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cc bcc

macrumors 6502

• Feb 20, 2008

• #5

eclipse said:

So it's the standard price as well? No discount for being a loyal Mac loving user for many, many years? 😉

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OS X never had upgrade prices, you must have noticed that in those many many years. 😉

 

robbieduncan

Moderator emeritus

• Feb 20, 2008

• #6

cc bcc said:

OS X never had upgrade prices, you must have noticed that in those many many years. 😉

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OSX has always been at upgrade price: there is no "full price". The retail copy is only licensed to install on a Mac. As it's a Mac it must already have a copy of Mac OS on it...

 

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cc bcc

macrumors 6502

• Feb 21, 2008

• #7

^ That's a never ending discussion. Does the EULA demand you have an earlier version of OS X? Nope. Does it check for a previous install? No. The retail version doesn't.

I've once had an upgrade version of OS X, I believe 10.3. The G5 I had ordered at the time came with 10.2 but I recieved a free upgrade. The install disk checked if 10.2 was installed, only then would it continue with installing 10.3. I know this, because right before installing 10.3 I decided to wipe my harddrive. 10.3 wouldn't install so I had to install 10.2 again...

That's what I call an upgrade version. The retail one is different, so I can't call that an upgrade version. The name is taken. IMHO that is.

 

Nermal

Moderator

Staff member

• Feb 21, 2008

• #8

cc bcc said:

^ That's a never ending discussion. Does the EULA demand you have an earlier version of OS X? Nope. Does it check for a previous install? No. The retail version doesn't.

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I challenge you to install an unmodified copy of Mac OS on a system that's never had it before.

 

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stainlessliquid

macrumors 68000

• Feb 21, 2008

• #9

Yes, technically it already is at the "upgrade price"

 

velocityg4

macrumors 604

• Feb 21, 2008

• #10

cc bcc said:

OS X never had upgrade prices, you must have noticed that in those many many years. 😉

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What about from 10.0 to 10.1 as I recall (actually I am looking at the cd right now😀) Apple had upgrade discs for early adopters. I think this was the only time for a lower upgrade price.