Leopard Installation DVD that comes with Macbook

ironman · 16 Sep 2008 at 13:51

I have a question regarding the installation DVD that comes in the box with the new Macbooks, I understand that Leopard is already preinstalled onto the laptop, but can that DVD be used to install Leopard on my older Mac which only came with Tiger or is it like XP where it requires a licence per computer?

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J1234 · 16 Sep 2008 at 13:55

It's one license per Mac.

So to do it 'properly' you'd have to buy another copy.

Slogan · 16 Sep 2008 at 13:57

From what I gather, the disc will only be allowed to be installed on a MacBook. Apple tie discs to specifics machines for installation purposes.

If you bought an upgrade disc like I did (my then MBP came with Tiger), then it would install on anything.

Although you're expected to use the operating system on a per license basis as you would with Windows, there is no serial key/activation rubbish involved.

ironman · 16 Sep 2008 at 19:46

Justin said:
It's one license per Mac.

So to do it 'properly' you'd have to buy another copy.

For arguments sake, would it still install on another machine?

To make this thread not a shady one, I have 2 Macbooks, one with Tiger one with Leopard, could I potentially swap the installs or would it throw up an error?

J1234 · 16 Sep 2008 at 20:22

The install CD that came with the MacBook will be tied to MacBooks only.

That should work yeah.

ironman · 16 Sep 2008 at 20:43

Justin said:
The install CD that came with the MacBook will be tied to MacBooks only.

That should work yeah.

Is there a difference between Macbook Leopards and say for example a Mac Pro Leopard? Or is it just code that defines the installation for a particular type of machine?

J1234 · 16 Sep 2008 at 20:55

It's just a checksum that will only let you install on the machine it says on the disk.