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Will I be able to install Leopard upgrade on 2 Macs?

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boxlight

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Hi all,

I have a 20" intel iMac, came with Tiger.

I'm thinking about buying a MacBook, also would have Tiger.

When Leopard comes out, if I decided to upgrade, do you think I will be able to and upgrade both Macs for the $150 (or so) upgrade? Or will it only work on one of the Macs?

I know we won't know the Leopard licensing until it comes out, but what did the licensing for the Tiger upgrade say about such things?

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

boxlight
 
Leopard will most likely cost US$129 for a single license or US$199 for a "Family Pack" which allows installation on up to 5 Macs.
 
Is it possible, though, to install a single user on more than one Mac? I've never seemed to have a problem with it. I used my Tiger disks that came with my MacBook to upgrade my old TiBook.
 
cschreppel said:
Is it possible, though, to install a single user on more than one Mac? I've never seemed to have a problem with it. I used my Tiger disks that came with my MacBook to upgrade my old TiBook.
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It violates the terms of the license though...
 
boxlight said:
Hi all,

I have a 20" intel iMac, came with Tiger.

I'm thinking about buying a MacBook, also would have Tiger.

When Leopard comes out, if I decided to upgrade, do you think I will be able to and upgrade both Macs for the $150 (or so) upgrade? Or will it only work on one of the Macs?

I know we won't know the Leopard licensing until it comes out, but what did the licensing for the Tiger upgrade say about such things?

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

boxlight
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For at least the past 3 releases of Mac OS X Apple has always been consistent with the pricing of one license to an operating system. $129 per computer. Click here to see Apple's pricing for Tiger.

Now if you aren't using your computers for profit or business use and they don't leave your house you can buy what is called a family license upgrade. This costs $199 and it is good to use on up to 5 computers. Yes it basically 5 non-profit / non-business licenses. To see what Apple says about a family license click here (same web page as before).

Hope this helps. ;)
 
cschreppel said:
Is it possible, though, to install a single user on more than one Mac? I've never seemed to have a problem with it. I used my Tiger disks that came with my MacBook to upgrade my old TiBook.
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WildCowboy said:
It violates the terms of the license though...
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Yeah, it isn't legal it is like buying $129 worth of groceries one week and then shoplifting $129 worth of groceries the next week -- in a word it is STEALING.
 
Heh, a friend of mine whose father is a webmaster at a primary school admitted to me that they installed a single-license copy of Tiger on 30 macs... At a School!
 
Yeah, I'd say you should just get the Family Pack, it even lets students living away from home use it:

"Family Pack Software License Agreement allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on up to a maximum of five (5) Apple-labeled computers at a time as long as those computers are located in the same household and used by persons who occupy that same household. By "household" we mean a person or persons who share the same housing unit such as a home, apartment, mobile home or condominium, but shall also extend to student members who are primary residents of that household but residing at a separate on-campus location. This license does not extend to business or commercial users."
 
jamesmcd said:
Heh, a friend of mine whose father is a webmaster at a primary school admitted to me that they installed a single-license copy of Tiger on 30 macs... At a School!
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I went to a University that had one copy of Photoshop 3 installed on about 45 Centris and Quadras. You had to unplug from the network in order to start it up, then sleep the computer and plug back in.

They eventually got found out and bought a proper license.
 
I have a Powerbook running on Panther and an iMac running on Tiger. These two OSes came with the machines (i.e. I did not buy the DVDs separately).

When I purchase a copy of Leopard next year for my iMac, will I have the right to transfer my Tiger license to the Powerbook, or is my Tiger license (that came with the iMac) attached to the desktop?
 
Caezar said:
I have a Powerbook running on Panther and an iMac running on Tiger. These two OSes came with the machines (i.e. I did not buy the DVDs separately).

When I purchase a copy of Leopard next year for my iMac, will I have the right to transfer my Tiger license to the Powerbook, or is my Tiger license (that came with the iMac) attached to the desktop?
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I don't see why that would be a problem, but I don't know if the Tuger restore discs for your iMac will work in your Powerbook.
 
Caezar said:
I have a Powerbook running on Panther and an iMac running on Tiger. These two OSes came with the machines (i.e. I did not buy the DVDs separately).

When I purchase a copy of Leopard next year for my iMac, will I have the right to transfer my Tiger license to the Powerbook, or is my Tiger license (that came with the iMac) attached to the desktop?
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I think that this would be legal, but the disk that came with your iMac may notwork on the powerbook.
 
According to the EULA, OSX is a single user read single machine install for $129. You can get a Family Pack for $199 that will allow you to install it on up to five machines. At least this was the pricing for Jaguar, Panther & Tiger, so I would expect it to be the same.

In the past you could actually install the $129 variety on more than one Mac, however you were in violation of the EULA and technically breaking the law. I don't know if Apple will build greater activation security measures into Leopard so that it is restricted by serial #'s and authentication codes or not.
 
EULA issues aside (Family pack for my collection :) ) ....

What I'm wondering about is the Intel / PPC split. Will I be able to purchase one family pack that'll install on my current PPC hardware and my soon to be purchased Intel hardware?

Anyone hear anything about this yet?
 
I don't know if anything has been said definitively, but I think the assumption is that one disc will work for both types of systems.
 
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