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bigbadnewill

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Jun 6, 2007
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Does the Mac OS x that comes with the iMac have the multiple licenses? I read that if you buy software from Apple you get 5 licences?

I am thinking of buying myself a macbook in a few weeks, since I love my wifes new iMac so much. If the OEM copy is good for 5 licenses then I will wait and get a Leopard Macbook, if not then I will just buy one now as I will have to buy Leopard anyways for the wifes iMac, and I can use one of the 5 licences for my macbook.

Does any of this make sense? Hope so :)
 

mad jew

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The version of OSX that comes with a new Mac is licensed only for that single Mac and in most cases is written specifically for that Mac, ensuring it will not install on another type of machine.
 

bigbadnewill

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Apple sells family packs (5 licenses) for OS X and iLife.

Yeah, these are the multi-pack licenses that I was thinking about. So, I might as well buy my new macbook asap then, since I need to buy Leopard for this iMac anyways, and i'll just make sure that I buy the multipack license so that i can install it on both machines.

Cheers for the answers
 
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