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I have a friend at work that asked me if I could bring my Snow Leopard disc to him so he could install it on his MacBook (last years non-pro). Not that I think it's right to do that, would it even work being registered to my computer? My Snow Leopard came with my MacBook Pro and I have another disc that came with my iMac. I bought the MacBook last month and the iMac 2 days ago.
 

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1. The discs that ship with your Mac are for a single computer only.

2. The discs that ship with your Mac are system specific. They will not work on a different system. They'll get a little message that says "cannot be installed on this computer". Then they'll be on the forum wondering what's wrong.

3. The Snow Leopard disc is only $29 from Apple and as low as $25 from other retailers.
 
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And tell him to buy his own. The system install disc is the best utility one can have.
 
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Thanks guys, I didn't think it would work. I just wanted to have an actual answer other than, "I didn't want to bring it in".
 
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And tell him to buy his own. The system install disc is the best utility one can have.

That's the best answer. You have problems, you have no OS disc, you're screwed.
 

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