I have a legit copy of Office on my MDD. When I put it on a second machine (another MDD) it installed just fine, but I'm permitted to only run it on one machine at a time. I'm not complaining, just answering your question. If I upgrade, I'll get the family pack like I did with Leopard and iWork.
On Dec 13, 2:20 pm, "t...@io.com" <t...@io.com> wrote: > I am thinking about purchasing a used copy of MS Office 2004 for my > MDD, however, I'm wondering how the licenses work. > > I've heard that on some MS products, (Windows?) the machine actually > must connect to the internet and register the license with MS and then > the license is stuck to that particular hardware (by MAC address?) and > one cannot use any other machines with that license. > > So two questions. Are they using a similar scheme with Office 2004 > for the Mac? Wouldn't that make a used copy of office pretty useless, > if true? > > Of course, I may have misunderstood the whole thing. Kind of hoping I > have. > > Jeff Walther -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
