On Jul 19, 2010, at 4:00 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
This is a dilemma!
One the one hand you may have (get, buy) a PowerPC (also Intel?)
Mac. The bad
thing about it: it didn't came with the original installation
discs; they
simply seem to be lost, over the years maybe (like for tons of G4
Macs). Why
is this so bad? Because without them you don't have a chance to
reinstall the
original operating system with the original *and licensed* software.
But you *know* that this specific model came with such software.
The software
was paid for, because there was no other chance to get a Mac.
(There was never
even a single Mac sold without Mac OS and some software of any kind!)
So, the software (discs) got lost, but the license(s) is(are) still
valid.
After all, you didn't buy the software, you just bought the license
– you have
the right to use the software, not to own it.
But without the installation discs you're stuck… Do you also have
those other
discs (from a different Mac) laying around?
See the dilemma?
Yes, and despite what some say... I'll betcha that over 50% of Macs
running OSX are doing so onn copied S/W.
Just my 2¢ worth.
JT
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