This is not true, the original Bondi Blue iMac G3 ran 8.1. Only shipped with 8.1 for a couple of months though.
On Dec 29, 2010, at 8:37 PM, tortoise wrote: > 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/ -- ----- 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/
