Can anyone help me? I just bought a new iBook, OS 10.4. Can I install the system software from it on my iMac Flat Panel(G4) that is currently running system 10.2.8? If not, it's back to the store to get the upgrade software. Thanks.
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You need a seperate license for each mac (as far as i know) :/
however you will notice a great improvement in 10.4 as compared to 10.2.8
Also, AFAIK,the original discs are 'gray', which means the software will only install in the machines it was designed for (iBook in this case.)
Daniel
Is this a legal question, or a technical one?
Technically, it will probably work. If it installs it installs, if it doesn't, it doesn't. It won't install and then not work.
Legally, when you buy the software, you buy a license to install it on one computer (unless otherwise stated on the packaging or in the EULA). The computer comes with an OS and a license to use that OS on /that/ computer.
If you bought a boxed version of Tiger and lost the disk (not if you gave it away or resold it), but you had an install disk for the same version that came with another computer, it would not be immoral and /probably/ wouldn't be illegal to use that disk to install it on the computer for which you bought the boxed version.