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Cold_Steel

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May 4, 2005
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Hi all,

How different computers is one Tiger DVD limited too. I have three Macs, can I instal Tiger on all three from the same disk, so i dont have to go out and buy three copies? (like Winblows)


Matt
 
One Mac, one license

Nothing prevents you from installing on all three, but you are supposed to install on only one.

You can also purchase a family pack.

Basically, it's up to you: although many on this forum are very sensitive about this issue... you've been warned. :p
 
Please search. We've been over this time and again... :rolleyes:

The retail version of Tiger can be installed on any Mac (that meets the system requirements). But you can only install a single license on ONE machine.

If you want to install Tiger on more than one Mac. Get the Family Pack. It costs much less than two licenses and you may install it on up to five Macs within the same household.
 
Cold_Steel said:
so i dont have to go out and buy three copies? (like Winblows)
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Do we have to bring Microsoft into this? Almost every software company does it the same way. You don't purchase software, you purchase licences. It just shows your ignorance to accuse Microsoft of something an entire industry does and has been doing before MS even existed.

I'm not trying to sound mean and I'm not looking for a fight. I just hate it when people attack MS for things that are normal or when MS has nothing to do this the conversation. Attack them for things they do poorly (examples: IE, Media Player, security, crashes, etc).
 
grapes911 said:
Do we have to bring Microsoft into this? Almost every software company does it the same way. You don't purchase software, you purchase licences. It just shows your ignorance to accuse Microsoft of something an entire industry does and has been doing before MS even existed.

I'm not trying to sound mean and I'm not looking for a fight. I just hate it when people attack MS for things that are normal or when MS has nothing to do this the conversation. Attack them for things they do poorly (examples: IE, Media Player, security, crashes, etc).
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But does windows have a licensing "activation"?
 
Yeah, I think the OP may have been alluding to product activation.

Off Topic: Can you guys read my avatar? If not, I'll change it... If you can, I know, I am a sick man... :D
 
James Philp said:
But does windows have a licensing "activation"?
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Absolutlytively. WinXP installs die after 30 days without registration, and registration sends a hardware profile to Bill's Mother Ship just to make sure you don't cheat. If you happen to change your hardware configuration too much, XP will also stop working if you fail to get a reauthorization from Microsoft. Cool. Maybe Apple should implement this tactic too, so we don't have to accuse Microsoft of doing the same thing everybody else does.
 
James Philp said:
But does windows have a licensing "activation"?
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So what? I don't care if you have to make an appointment with Bill Gates for him to personally come over and activate your copy of XP. It has nothing to do with "I have three Macs, can I instal Tiger on all three from the same disk, so i dont have to go out and buy three copies?"
 
grapes911 said:
So what? I don't care if you have to make an appointment with Bill Gates for him to personally come over and activate your copy of XP. It has nothing to do with "I have three Macs, can I instal Tiger on all three from the same disk, so i dont have to go out and buy three copies?"
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Wrong!
You used the word "can, not "should". There's a big difference!
You "can" install Tiger on 1000 Macs from a single copy, but should you? - No way.
 
grapes911 said:
It just shows your ignorance to accuse Microsoft of something an entire industry does and has been doing before MS even existed.
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Hey Grapes this has nothing to do with my ignorance or anything like that its just that I happened to use Microsoft as an example because I know that they ask for product activation whereas Apple dosnt.

Matt
 
James Philp said:
Wrong!
You used the word "can, not "should". There's a big difference!
You "can" install Tiger on 1000 Macs from a single copy, but should you? - No way.
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Fine, correct if you want to play with semantics. Shouldn't this be a moot point though? Its illegal people.
 
Cold_Steel said:
Hey Grapes this has nothing to do with my ignorance or anything like that its just that I happened to use Microsoft as an example because I know that they ask for product activation whereas Apple dosnt.

Matt
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Then ask directly what you want to know: Does OS X require activation?
 
Cold_Steel said:
Hi all,

How different computers is one Tiger DVD limited too. I have three Macs, can I instal Tiger on all three from the same disk, so i dont have to go out and buy three copies?
Matt
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I would have thought that this was pretty obvious as to what I meant...
 
Anyways guys thanks for your imput on my OP and from this feedback I have decided to make the right choice (moral reasons too) and go for the Tiger Familly version and use that.


Thanks,

Matt
 
Good choice. A clear conscience just feels so much better. ;)

Me and my girlfriend has in the past "shared" one Mac OS license between us from time to time (when one of us has had a valid license coming with a machine), but since none of us is going to upgrade our hardware the next couple of months, I got the Tiger Family Pack. (The decision was even easier since Apple Store Norway had the Family Pack in the EDU store... :D)
 
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