I'll solve this discussion right now I'm sending him an 8.1 cd from the iMac I'm giving him it's his choice to come pick up the machine or not so :P Ed
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 29, 2010, at 7:25 AM, Charlie Lowndes <[email protected]> wrote: > You can use a copy of whatever originally came with the machine. In the case > of a PowerBook 190 that would be OS 7.5.2 which is freely available from > Apple. > > Charlie > On 29 Dec 2010, at 13:10, Wesley Furr wrote: > >> How does licensing work in the Mac world? I'm more a PC guy (who used Apple >> II and Mac-LC era machines back in school days), so my perspective for >> comparison comes from there... In the PC world (at least since the later >> Windows 95 days), the PC manufacturer put a label on the PC when it was >> built and that is the license for the machine, as well as the ID key to >> install it with. So if you have a PC with a Windows 2000 label, you're >> legal to grab a Windows 2000 CD and install it back on the system. >> >> If you get an old Mac with a dead hard drive and no documentation, how do >> you know what version of the Mac OS you are legal to use on it? I'm >> assuming all Macs shipped with an OS license of some sort? In which case >> Joel might be legal to use a copy given to him? >> >> Not trying to argue here, just trying to understand how this all works... >> >> Thanks, >> >> Wesley >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> Anyone who makes a copy for Joel will be violating copyright laws. >> Mac O/S 8.1 is still available for sale. >> >> Willi >> Moderator of the Vintage Macs group >> >> -- >> ----- >> You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >> >> Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
