On Dec 13, 2010, at 11:20 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I am thinking about purchasing a used copy of MS Office 2004 for my > MDD, however, I'm wondering how the licenses work. > > I've heard that on some MS products, (Windows?) the machine actually > must connect to the internet and register the license with MS and then > the license is stuck to that particular hardware (by MAC address?) and > one cannot use any other machines with that license. > > So two questions. Are they using a similar scheme with Office 2004 > for the Mac? Wouldn't that make a used copy of office pretty useless, > if true? > > Of course, I may have misunderstood the whole thing. Kind of hoping I > have. > > Jeff Walther >
Jeff, IF you own the software license (the disk, retail that comes from MS) you own the rights to it. Just make sure that when you buy it, it comes with the license orange/yellow sticker on the CD envelope that has any and all serial numbers on it. Jeff -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
