it is not software piracy. As long as you have your backup cd. .That machine has its 10.2 as orginal manufactured system. You may install it whatever source you found. It is not needed licence as long as you use 10.2. Rapidshare or other way of sharing networks is not illegal, if they illegal all of them are closed down already. How you use them is legal or illegal! Thats the important difference. You may call Apple or Microsoft. If you have a OEM licensed computer you may use same software version for reinstallation from whatever source you can find.
2009/5/9 J Beaver <[email protected]>: > rapdishare.com :) license look up apple retail stores... you may > declare your copy of orjinal system.. what is the production system > from Apple too... but rapidshare is ok... if you install your orginal > system.. license is your eprom... so it is not license issue for > mac.... install mac system on orginal manufactured system is ok.... so > you may look any where as site as long as you install orginal > manufactured system :) > > Horrible advice. Either monitor ebay and find restore cd's that shipped with > your computer or go and buy 10.5. Why would you condone software piracy. > > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Stephen Weber <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Bruce, a respocible computer maker will provide the system restore cds >> if the customer lost them. At least its a option he can do. >> >> On 5/8/09, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On May 8, 2009, at 6:09 PM, Baha Ata wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> rapdishare.com :) license look up apple retail stores... you may >> >> declare your copy of orjinal system.. what is the production system >> >> from Apple too... but rapidshare is ok... if you install your orginal >> >> system.. license is your eprom... so it is not license issue for >> >> mac.... install mac system on orginal manufactured system is ok.... so >> >> you may look any where as site as long as you install orginal >> >> manufactured system :) >> > >> > >> > >> > The above is a complete load of codswallop. Do NOT rely on this >> > person's advice. >> > >> > No your license is NOT your eprom, and if you go to the Apple store >> > they will gladly sell you a copy of OS X 10.5, and I'm 99% sure that's >> > ALL they'll sell you. You won't be able to get a copy of 10.4 from >> > them. >> > >> > As with most computer software the license is either the installer >> > disk or official paperwork that states you are in legal possession of >> > one license to use this software, and outside of a corporate >> > environment, you're not going to see the latter. >> > >> > Purchasing a used copy of software is legal, and is the way to get >> > older Mac OSes. >> > >> > -- >> > Bruce Johnson >> > >> > "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> -- >> Sent from my mobile device >> >> > > > > > -- Baha Ata --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
