OS 10.5 - Upgrading to Leopard

y0itsj0hn · y0itsj0hn #1 (**permalink**)

12-06-2008, 10:03 PM

My friend just bought a new macbook pro can i use his cd for leopard to upgrade my comp from tiger?

y0itsj0hn · y0itsj0hn #2 (**permalink**)

12-06-2008, 10:18 PM

i ask because i've seen on a couple other forums that people have upgraded to leopard and never had to enter a cd key/activation code or anything...

yemilipede · yemilipede #3 (**permalink**)

12-06-2008, 10:36 PM

That would be illegal. Unless he purchased the version with more than one license and think you have to live in the same household.

ADKhikerVW · ADKhikerVW #4 (**permalink**)

12-07-2008, 01:47 AM

Will someone please make a sticky for this and post it EVERYWHERE anyone might possibly think of asking this question. It has to be asked at least once a day.

Kash · Kash #5 (**permalink**)

12-07-2008, 02:28 AM

Forget about the legal aspects, you have the bigger issue of the technical problem. Those recovery discs are model specific, so unless you have the same exact model Mac as him, then the discs won't even work on yours.

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Member Since: Dec 03, 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 9,385 Mac Specs: Black Macbook C2D 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HD iPhone 4 iPad 3G	12-07-2008, 02:28 AM Forget about the legal aspects, you have the bigger issue of the technical problem. Those recovery discs are model specific, so unless you have the same exact model Mac as him, then the discs won't even work on yours. June 2007 July 2009
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y0itsj0hn #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 16, 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 128 Mac Specs: 2010 MBP: 2.53GHz Intel Core 2, 4GB DDR3, OS 10.6.8	12-06-2008, 10:03 PM My friend just bought a new macbook pro can i use his cd for leopard to upgrade my comp from tiger?
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y0itsj0hn #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 16, 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 128 Mac Specs: 2010 MBP: 2.53GHz Intel Core 2, 4GB DDR3, OS 10.6.8	12-06-2008, 10:18 PM i ask because i've seen on a couple other forums that people have upgraded to leopard and never had to enter a cd key/activation code or anything...
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ADKhikerVW #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 18, 2007 Location: Wilmington, NY Posts: 715 Mac Specs: 15" Unibody MBP (2009), White MB (2009), iMac G4	12-07-2008, 01:47 AM Will someone please make a sticky for this and post it EVERYWHERE anyone might possibly think of asking this question. It has to be asked at least once a day.
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