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TheiPhone3GS

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does the macbook pro come pre installed with snow leopard?(like u can straight away turn it on after taking it out)or do i have to install it myself?

2)wat r the software DVDs that come in the box?

3)if i want to install windows via boot camp do i need to buy a new snow leopard cd to install the drivers or can i use the software DVDs that came in the box?
 
TheiPhone3GS said:
does the macbook pro come pre installed with snow leopard?(like u can straight away turn it on after taking it out)or do i have to install it myself?
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It comes with Snow Leopard installed, yes. You just input your personal information to set the computer up.

TheiPhone3GS said:
2)wat r the software DVDs that come in the box?
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It comes with the disks to install Mac OS X and the iLife suite.

TheiPhone3GS said:
3)if i want to install windows via boot camp do i need to buy a new snow leopard cd to install the drivers or can i use the software DVDs that came in the box?
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You can use the software that came in the box.
 
ok thx!

so to clarify i can just take out my macbook pro from the box n power it up?
 
The only 1 thing I can add to discussion above is hat for me (2 weeks ago) it came with snow leopard v 10.6.3, while there was 10.6.4 upgrade available, but this is easy to upgrade.)
 
i mean can u use the snow leopard disk on another pc? does it have a serial number? n if i have snow leopard 10.5 disc but i have a 10.6 snow leopard macbook pro can i still use the disc to install drivers for bootcamp?
 
TheiPhone3GS said:
i mean can u use the snow leopard disk on another pc? does it have a serial number? n if i have snow leopard 10.5 disc but i have a 10.6 snow leopard macbook pro can i still use the disc to install drivers for bootcamp?
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You can use it on another computer as long as it is the exact same model of computer. No, it does not use a serial number, but there is a hardware compatibility check that the computer goes through before installation.
 
TheiPhone3GS said:
i mean can u use the snow leopard disk on another pc? does it have a serial number? n if i have snow leopard 10.5 disc but i have a 10.6 snow leopard macbook pro can i still use the disc to install drivers for bootcamp?
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It doesn't have a serial key, no Apple software does (made by apple). So in theory you can use it on as many machines as you like (depending on your morals) but the disc will be macbook pro specific unlike when you purchase a retail copy of snow leopard.
 
Adidas Addict said:
It doesn't have a serial key, no Apple software does (made by apple). So in theory you can use it on as many machines as you like (depending on your morals) but the disc will be macbook pro specific unlike when you purchase a retail copy of snow leopard.
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so if i have a mb running snow leopard 10.6.3, can i use a 10.6.2 snow leopard disc to install drivers on windows(bootcamp) ?
 
when updating mac os x snow leopard 10.6.2 to 10.6.3 does it reformat the pc? or just update components without losing data? srry im mac os x newbie
 
TheiPhone3GS said:
so if i have a mb running snow leopard 10.6.3, can i use a 10.6.2 snow leopard disc to install drivers on windows(bootcamp) ?
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You can use the Mac OS X disk that came with your computer to install the bootcamp drivers, yes.


TheiPhone3GS said:
when updating mac os x snow leopard 10.6.2 to 10.6.3 does it reformat the pc? or just update components without losing data? srry im mac os x newbie
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No, it doesn't. Updating through software update does not touch your data.
 
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