FWIW:
I have purchased many, many Macs and clones over the years. Every single one
(with one exception) had an OS that would boot the machine installed. Some came
with OS CDs; some had not even the keyboard. Consequently, I have multiple
copies of many versions of the OS. (BTW: 8.5 seemed to be the most popular to
include.) The one machine that came without an OS installed (and it was so
advertised by the seller) was DOA. The motherboard was bad. The seller made good
on it.
The normal assumption would be that since Apple sells no machine without an
OS installed that the OS is ipso facto (by that very fact) part of the purchase.
I understand that's not what the legal documents in the software licenses say
(and who reads those things anyway--even when you click "Agree"--there was an
article I read last week that made the point that the way they are written
intends that they NOT be read), but the normal assumption of the average
citizen-user would be that that's part of the deal.
That's my two-cents' worth.
Gary
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You can't simply assume (speaking morally rather than legally) that if the
> media isn't supplied with the Mac that the buyer or seller ipso facto are
> thieves.
> Other possibilities are that the install media were lost, fell behind a
> bookshelf, mixed up with tax records in a shoebox or old music CDs in a
> carton somewhere. Not everyone is careful with their stuff. It may have sat
> neglected for months and it's paraphernalia dispersed by uncaring
> parents/housemates/dogs/children.
> And within a year the new owner will probably want to upgrade the OS and
> buy a full install anyway. Instead of a Mac gathering dust in a closet,
> it's now generating more cashflow for Steve Jobs. Legally it's grey, but
> morally I wouldn't lose a moment's sleep over using a machine with whatever
> OS it came with.
> --
> Alan
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