Leopard OS - Can be used by 2 people?

[Tragedies]

When I buy my Mac (when Leopard comes out) it will come with Leopard no doubt, but is there anyway I can use the Leopard disk to install it on my sister's Macbook?

 

[gormond]

When I buy my Mac (when Leopard comes out) it will come with Leopard no doubt, but is there anyway I can use the Leopard disk to install it on my sister's Macbook?

I assume its possible but its in breach of the end user agreement.

 

[bartelby]

It's against the license agreement. Also if you aren't getting a Macbook then the disc would not work anyway.

 

[Tragedies]

Nah I ain't getting a Macbook, I'm wondering if the disk I get can be used on my sister's Macbook, which is running Tiger.

 

[bartelby]

The answer from the moral and technical viewpoint is; no.

 

[Jiddick ExRex]

If you have two different systems, it is possible to share the same license (not legal however). It requires you to make a HFS+ partition on an external HD, use Disk Utility to restore your already installed version of OS X to the external partition, then booting from that partition from the other computer and restoring the external partition to the computer. Voila. It's very helpful for it-supporters and the like. Funny how Vista completely rejected this nifty feature so now you need to spend 2 hours installing everything from scratch. Imagine doing that to 200 new PCs. Ouch.

 

[RRK]

Apple does nothing to stop you except tell you you are not allowed. Just go ahead and get the family pack.

 

[AlexisV]

You could physically do it with the retail version, but the ones that come with Macs are model specific.

The answer from the moral and technical viewpoint is; no

Well, depends whether you think spending extra money is moral, or a stupid thing to do.