[FAQ]Can I install Tiger on my Mac from another Mac's DVD/CDs?

[perfessor101]

Originally Posted by mersyone

...WELL I DON'T KNOW A SINGLE PERSON WHO HAS 5 MAC COMPUTERS IN THERE HOUSEHOLD (do you?) (Why would anybody even need 5 macs in one house?)

Actually we do. There is my G4/1.25 MDD, my wife's G4/733 Quicksilver, our shared G4/1.25 iBook, our daughter's G3/600 iBook, and our son's G4/1.25 iMac. So now you know at least one person who does have five Mac computers in a single household. Even if there were only two Macs in the same family the Family Pack license would be a bargain and the additional licenses are gravy.

But no matter how you want to justify it, what you and your buddies are proposing is a violation of Apple's End User License Agreement.

[fryke]

@brianmorgan: Sorry to be so late with answering... I didn't really mean it seriously (hence the "don't take me seriously right now" smiley), but when I read your post, I just found it funny how you mentioned Macs that would never run Tiger, anyway. I maybe should've answered differently - or not at all. Sowwy.

To all of those discussing how to circumvent the legal issue or how not to care etc.: Let's just not. I agree that I probably know no-one who's ALWAYS been correct in his/her life. And that, of course, includes myself. But I must say that I find it particularly dumb to buy a family pack and use it in violation of the agreement, since you could just as well buy the normal retail version for less money, as the crime would be the very same, so those people are neither doing Apple nor their conscience a favour.

g/re/p: If you want to, you can forward your message directly to Apple's legal department.

[brianmorgan]

It wasn't me! to quote a popular song. Not about Tiger anyway. Though as it happens the two iBooks and iMac don't have Tiger, only Panther, as I would have to buy a family edition of the former.

The G3 powermac is here now, with 10.3.9 - ready for use on the community project. It has firewire and USB, but there is a puzzle - the earlier Apple bus connection doesn't seem work - not that this is a great problem but I could use redundant keyboards and mice with it. Maybe people have an idea what's going on - is the socket perhaps just not connected?

By the way, just bought a used Nikon Coolscan 8000 to get old negs and trannies digitised. That'll be fun.

[mersyone]

Originally Posted by perfessor101

But no matter how you want to justify it, what you and your buddies are proposing is a violation of Apple's End User License Agreement.

Corporations like Walmart can generate $3 million dollars in 7 minutes,
while some of us consider "Red Lobster" fancy dining.
That is their (...or our) rational.

(sorry to have brought up the subject one last time)

[fryke]

What does the money Walmart makes have to do with your situation? You're five different persons, aren't you. Each wants a Tiger license but each hasn't got the money? Then stay with Panther is the easy answer. But to abuse a family pack ... Well, read my above comment again: It just makes no sense to buy a family pack _intending_ to break the license agreement.

[g/re/p]

Originally Posted by fryke

g/re/p: If you want to, you can forward your message directly to Apple's legal department.

Ha ha! I was waiting for someone to address that - i actually left out crucial info - my Tiger disk is a NFR version that i recieved via the ACN (Apple Consultants Network) and i am allowed to install it on both of my macs (for non-commercial use)

[fryke]

Ooh, funny. :P

[rei1974]

The question is: is worth installing Tiger? (I'm just asking, I still use Panther because I've heard of many problems with it)