Ok I think Clarification is needed here OS X did and I'm not sure if it still does come in 2 slightly different variants.
1. the retail variant which will install on any given machine as long as the minimum hardware spec is met. cant remember exactly but from memory its a dvd capable drive, a usb port and possibly a firewire port, and i think a 1ghz intel or 900 Mhz PPC 2. the hardware packaged variant did have specific checks in the installer for the actual hardware it was distributed with. I'm not sure if they are still doing this though. There is no licensing keys built in to OS X so there is no issue with using a single purchased disc on multiple machines. That said your personal morals will guide you into the appropriate purchase/fair use policy. I hope this clarifies things Kieren On Jul 15, 8:07 am, Alex Jurgensen <asquare...@gmail.com> wrote: > That was not a unibody. That is why. The MBP will ship with Leopard. > > Regards, > Alex, > > On 14-Jul-09, at 2:44 PM, James & Nash wrote: > > > > > > > How od. It worked on my ld MacBook. I do not have a new Mac yet but > > I'm > > going to get the MBP I think. But if I buy the MacBook will the CD > > work? I > > was just curious as I have a copy of Leopard that I bought from the > > store > > and just wondered if it would work. > > > Thanks > > > James > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alex" <asquare...@gmail.com> > > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:39 PM > > Subject: Re: Leopard Disc > > >> What are you trying to do. As I said, the retail will not work in a > >> MBP because retail does not contain certain special drivers. > > >> Regards, > >> alex, > > >> On Jul 14, 2009, at 2:28 PM, James & Nash wrote: > > >>> I see, thanks Alex. Can you still buy the retail copy or should I > >>> just wait > >>> until SL which I've heard is a complete OS as opposed to an upgrade? > > >>> Thanks > > >>> James > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Alex" <asquare...@gmail.com> > >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:26 PM > >>> Subject: Re: Leopard Disc > > >>>> Hi, > > >>>> James: > > >>>> The MBP ships with its own disk. The retail copy of Leopard does > >>>> not > >>>> work on Unibodies. Remember that the disk probably only has one > >>>> lisence on it. > > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Alex, > > >>>> On Jul 14, 2009, at 2:14 PM, James & Nash wrote: > > >>>>> Hi everyone, > > >>>>> This might sound like a stupid question, but I have a copy of > >>>>> Leopard from > >>>>> when it first came out taht I bought from the store. Will this > >>>>> work > >>>>> on an > >>>>> MBP or does the MBP have a specific configuration that is not > >>>>> covered by > >>>>> the disc? > > >>>>> Thanks > > >>>>> James --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
