Thanks for that reply. I have experienced what you describe with Microsoft Office. I couldn't find anything on the Apple website. Next time I go into an Apple store I will ask and see if they can point me to the definitive answer. Its probably in the licence that one agrees to but (I'm guessing here) I'm probably not alone in admitting I've never read one. Nick On 26 Aug 2009, at 15:56, Frank Kennedy wrote:
> this used to be a queation of whether you use both machines at the > same time. Once upon a time if you had Microsoft Office installed on > an iMac and a Macbook (for exaple) it would sense (if you were > networked) that you already had Office open on one computer and > refuse to open it on the other. In theory at the time you could > install on both if you only used one at a time... > > Nowadays I'm not so sure, the law may have changed, so if you want > to install Snow Leopard on both computers it would be cheaper, not > to mention easier legally, to buy a family pack £39 for up to five > machines, as opposed to £58 for two (or one for two). > > Having perused the Apple Support pages, I still don't know what the > law relating to licencing of Snow Leopard stipulates, but I would > bet that Apple will sue the pants off you if they find out you're > "misusing" a copy of their OS. > > Frank. > > > > 2009/8/26 Nicholas Holt <[email protected]> > > My question really relates to one person having a laptop and a desktop > machine. > I believe some licences allow software to be loaded onto both with a > single licenece. > But this relates to Snow Leopard iLife and iWork. > Do I need to buy a family pack? > Nick > On 25 Aug 2009, at 22:18, Nicholas Holt wrote: > > > > > Please could someone remind me whether one needs to buy the family > > pack if one has an iMac and a Macbook to upgrade. > > Many thanks > > Nick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
