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SINGLE USER vs FAMILY PACK

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doobi18

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Dec 31, 2006
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Sydney, Australia
Hey there everyone,


i use two mac (both intel - a macbook & an imac), and want to upgrade them both to leopard, but am unsure on which version to buy.



can people please tell if
a) i would be correct in saying that the only difference is the licence agreement, therfore the only diff in buying for me is how compelled i am to user-licence properly​
or
b) there is proper security features like phoning home etc. so i need to get family pack​


cheers


doobs
 
To install on more than one Mac you need to get the family pack. There is nothing stopping you from installing the single user version on multiple machines except the license agreement.

Get the family pack.
 
I am sure that Apple would appreciate you spending the money for two separate packs, but if you own more than one computer, then the family pack makes much more sense and it's legal. Get it, read the directions, install and good luck!
 
I would buy the family pack. For example, we have 3 mac's in our household (MBP, MB, G5 Tower) and my little brother is going to college soon and might need a computer, so if we buy a second hand computer with tiger on it, then we can legally upgrade it to leopard if he chooses to get a mac. In short, support apple and be legal; but pirate windows all you want. :p (I do not condone pirating software)
 
It depends if you want to be moral or immoral in this situation. Nothing security wise will prevent you from installing the single user on different computers.
 
thanks for your responses everyone



please dont get the impression that im trying to scam apple, thats the last thing i would do



for work we will soon be getting a big multi-user licence that would cover it all, but i was just wondering if in the short term it would physically work.



thanks


doobs
 
I have three Macs in my house: my (home) office desktop computer, a Powerbook, and an older G4 desktop that I keep around in case my home office G5 goes down or needs repair. My wife uses her Dell laptop and iPhone. I'm thinking that I should be getting the single user version, since I am, in fact, a single user (albeit on multiple CPUs).

I gather I will have no problem installing and running Leopard on my 3 CPUs from the single user disk--is this true?
 
Maui19 said:
I have three Macs in my house: my (home) office desktop computer, a Powerbook, and an older G4 desktop that I keep around in case my home office G5 goes down or needs repair. My wife uses her Dell laptop and iPhone. I'm thinking that I should be getting the single user version, since I am, in fact, a single user (albeit on multiple CPUs).

I gather I will have no problem installing and running Leopard on my 3 CPUs from the single user disk--is this true?
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That is true. You will, however, be violating the license agreement, and should buy the family pack.
 
There is nothing stopping or restricting you from using the same copy over and over again... I did this with Tiger with no Ill effects. But this time I bought the family pack (being that when I had Tiger Installed my girlfriend wasn't my Wife Yet, So I would be breaking the licence either way), now that I have a family and both Myself and my Wife use our Macs for formal work not just fun. I think it is extra important for people to use the licence correctly if they are using their computer professionally vs. just for home enjoyment. Mostly because the cost and fustration of rolling back is lessen.
 
killmoms said:
That is true. You will, however, be violating the license agreement, and should buy the family pack.
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Why would I be violating the license agreement? It doesn't say "single computer." It says "single user." I am a single user, not a family.
 
Clarify

To clarify for snow leopard and the old osx. If you are a single user you do not need a family pack. Per the license agreement you can only use on one computer at a time. So yes you can install on multiple computers but can only have one computer running the OS at any time. You would get the family pack if you have 2-5 computers running at the same time thats running the OS. Hope that clarifies.
 
so what does that mean

2clarify said:
To clarify for snow leopard and the old osx. If you are a single user you do not need a family pack. Per the license agreement you can only use on one computer at a time. So yes you can install on multiple computers but can only have one computer running the OS at any time. You would get the family pack if you have 2-5 computers running at the same time thats running the OS. Hope that clarifies.
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If you have a single user disk and run it on your other four macs, would you not be able to power them and bring them on a network at the same time?
 
2clarify said:
To clarify for snow leopard and the old osx. If you are a single user you do not need a family pack. Per the license agreement you can only use on one computer at a time. So yes you can install on multiple computers but can only have one computer running the OS at any time. You would get the family pack if you have 2-5 computers running at the same time thats running the OS. Hope that clarifies.
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No, what it means by only one at a time is that say you bought Tiger and then later bought Leopard; once you installed Leopard on the Tiger machine, since it’s no longer using the Tiger installation, you are free to use the Tiger installation disc on another Mac. It’s not quite the same with the SL upgrade, but that’s a different story. Not that it says it licenses you to “install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time”, not just use and run. So you can not have it installed on two computers at once.
 
Hahaha... I started this thread two years ago regarding 10.5, but thanks for the revival...

One must remember that these are legal obligations, not technological capabilities.

Cheers
 
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