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I'm going to wait until I hear of an update or what the bugs are.  I'm very happy with tiger and am not going to shell out $129 for features that I don't really need.

maleko wrote:

I'm going to wait until I hear of an update or what the bugs are.  I'm very happy with tiger and am not going to shell out $129 for features that I don't really need.

Believe me, I plan on keeping Tiger on my MacPro. I already have a blank partition waiting for Leopard.

You have to buy a separate copy for each machine you want to install it on.  Contact Apple for pricing if you have lots of machines.

And that's the attitude that's the reason the education discount now sucks.

Title27GT wrote:

Sometimes I don't understand why people try to be jr.officers online. Apple's not going to know.

Because it's important for thieves to know that they're being thieves. Some people may genuinely misunderstand the law and I, for one, think they should be made aware that what they're doing could actually get them in trouble.

Misunderstanding of the law is obviously what's going on in this case. I mean, why would someone actually pay for 5 licenses if they were planning on misusing them? If you're going to break the EULA anyway, why not just buy the single license? Or just steal it outright?

pre-orderd here as well.

Actually, I got it from Apple Canadas website as an "uptodate" deal! Since I bought my MBP on the 7th of October, I get a $10 upgrade to leopard

WOOOT!! +1

Title27GT wrote:

That Download Stack is going to be a life saver for me. I can't think of how many times I've let my desktop get clogged up and then had to rip through it looking for what I need and what I don't need. Most of it is just useless .dmg files that I forgot to get rid of.

You know you can point your downloads into a folder by default?

Freakout Jackson wrote:

thelegendofjohn wrote:

Title27GT wrote:

That Download Stack is going to be a life saver for me. I can't think of how many times I've let my desktop get clogged up and then had to rip through it looking for what I need and what I don't need. Most of it is just useless .dmg files that I forgot to get rid of.

You know you can point your downloads into a folder by default?

I did that. I called the folder "downloads".

Me too.

Random User wrote:

BearsFan34 wrote:

The Exec here had me pre-order it for the 4 Mac owners (out of 75) in the building.

Got it thru Amazon, $10 cheaper than the Apple Store.

I don't think I'll be installing it right away, though...at least on everyone's machine. I'll install it on my mini & see how it goes, and then get everyone else up to speed if all goes well with Exchange/network setups/etc.

Beauty of the Family Pack is that with 5 licenses, I can take the one that's left and put it on my iBook since I use it to work from home sometimes. Plus, I can't wait to see what extras will be enabled on the 'ol iPhone.

I hadn't planned on buying Leopard for awhile otherwise.

You do realize that the Family Pack is not authorized for commercial use right?

I presently work for a private, non-commercial, not-for-profit organization that doesn't qualify for an "education discount."

So I'm not terribly worried about it. We're paying the full retail price for a Family Pack of licenses that won't leave the building. We have no interest in doing anything illegal, and received counsel that we're in the clear.

Random User wrote:

I would say your counsel is incorrect.  An organization is an organization.  If your not living in the same househould then you don't qualify for the Family Pack license.  It's pretty simple actually.

Apple.com wrote:

* The Family Pack Software License Agreement allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple software on up to a maximum of five (5) Apple-labeled computers at a time as long as those computers are located in the same household and used by persons who occupy that household. By “household” we mean a person or persons who share the same housing unit such as a home, apartment, mobile home, or condominium, including student members who are primary residents of that household but reside at a separate on-campus location. This license does not extend to business or commercial users.

Thanks for your own personal opinion on this matter, especially your definition of "an organization is an organization."

Duly noted.

P.S.  Its not a personal opinion.  Its fact.  In black and white on Apple's website.

Random User wrote:

P.S.  Its not a personal opinion.  Its fact.  In black and white on Apple's website.

Well, since you're not the ultimate authority, or 100% correct on this issue, once again, thanks for your "input."

Duly noted.

Random User wrote:

Whatever makes your conscience feel better I suppose.  Doesn't make it legal but hey, doesn't sound like you're looking to be legal.

Once again...the counsel we received told me/us we're in the clear. I'm not sure why you feel obligated to express a "God complex" on this, but I guess there are some people that just can't entertain the possibility that they might possibly be wrong.

That's why I sought counsel on this matter...to make sure we were doing the right thing. I was told we were. So I'll go on the advice of counsel instead of some internet screen name's personal opinion on a message board.

If you'd like our counsel's phone number, you're free to call him and tell him how wrong he is and how right you are. It's fine. You're free to think you're 100% right.

Let's move on.

Last edited by BearsFan34 (2007-10-24 12:47 pm)