There was never an iMac that ran 8.1, the first iMacs ran 8.5 But in most places, if it is an original real Apple CD, the holder of the license = the holder of the CD. The guy who sells it or gives it away is responsible for not using that license anymore (for instance if they have upgraded their iMac to os9)
On Dec 29, 5:52 am, Edward Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > >> netiquette guide is athttp://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 > >> athttp://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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > > netiquette guide is athttp://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 > > athttp://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/
