Mac OSX liscensing

[dotcat]

Quick question for seasoned mac owners.

Mac OSX - i have just got a macbook pro - when leopard comes out in the spring i will be upgrading. can i then give the osx install disks that came with my mac to someone else for them to install on their mac?

Or how does osx licensing work. Is it as anal as windows xp activation?

 

[bwana]

Quick question for seasoned mac owners.

Mac OSX - i have just got a macbook pro - when leopard comes out in the spring i will be upgrading. can i then give the osx install disks that came with my mac to someone else for them to install on their mac?

Or how does osx licensing work. Is it as anal as windows xp activation?

Feel free to give it away once you're no longer using it - as there arent any activation (or serial number requirements iirc) it wont be a problem.

You might run into difficulties if the install disks arent for the same kind of mac.

 

[pope24]

I was going to say, OEM Mac disks are typically set up only to install on the machine they came with. There may be a way around it, but I don't know.