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XP disk - is the XP disk specific to Mac?
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But to read between the lines, it has to be an XP SP2 install disk, not a restore disk that came with a PC, and not XP Service Pack 1 or any earlier version of Windows.
If you have XP that came with a PC, you still have to purchase Windows XP for your Mac -- the XP you have is licensed for installation on one CPU only. OEM XPs are also licensed only for the machine they were bundled with - even if that machine is out of service and the OS not in use, OEM 'bundle' Windows cannot be put on another machine.
If you have XP that came with a PC, you still have to purchase Windows XP for your Mac -- the XP you have is licensed for installation on one CPU only. OEM XPs are also licensed only for the machine they were bundled with - even if that machine is out of service and the OS not in use, OEM 'bundle' Windows cannot be put on another machine.
To further clarify, what C-RAM is saying is that you most likely can't legally install Windows on your Mac using a CD you already have. The exception is if you happen to have bought Windows XP retail as a Full Packaged Product and are no longer using it on the "other" PC, in that case, transfer away.CanadaRAM said:
You can however buy a new license of Windows XP OEM from newegg or any other legitimate reseller (Fry's has 'em too) to install on your Mac. However once installed, that copy of Windows belongs exclusively to your Mac and cannot legally be transferred to another machine.
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Ah yes, another perfectly legal exception. There is some limit to the number of machines you can install on, right?Nermal said:Unless you have an MSDN licence
Other exceptions would be that you work for a company or attend a campus with a volume/site license and attach one of those licenses to the Mac.
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balamw said:
I'm pretty sure that there are different licence levels. We have several licences at work, and they're per-user rather than per-computer, so we're allowed to use Windows, Office, Visual Studio etc. on our home computers too
I have noticed that sites like Newegg.com etc. have OEM versions for sale much cheaper but are intended for computer builders. Will these disks work if I try and install it? Can I legally buy one of these disks?
I believe that they'll work with Boot Camp without any trouble. You need to buy them bundled with hardware (such as a hard drive) unless you're a registered system builder or OEM.
The rules appear to have changed a little - I bought an OEM copy from Newegg and bought NO additional hardware. However an OEM copy is for a "Builder", to put on a machine built by someone else for an end user. That copy is specific to the machine it is originally installed on, not to be moved to another machine later, with a label that is supposed to be affixed to the machine(Mine is on the inside of the battery bay). The retail copy is Stand-Alone and can be installed on any machine as long as only one copy is installed and running at a time. Also, the OEM copy has NO Tech Assist from the seller or M$. Returns are difficult(my first copy was no good, they sent a second that worked), refunds next to impossible. If I had known all this, I would have spent the extra dough for the retail copy...Z
Nar1117 said:
Original Equipment Manufacturer. Just like you have OEM parts for a car, and I'm sure there is other areas that use this term. It just means that it is a part from the manufacturer of a product, like getting new OEM brakes for your BMW instead of aftermarket (Brembro, etc).
FWIW there's extensive discussion about the changes and their potential implications here:zac4mac said:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/193637/
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