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Running Windows on your Mac
Trouble with Boot Camp (disc problem)
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 561693" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>I don't mean to pick nits here, but I don't think you're understanding me.</p><p></p><p>You're still only licensed to run a branded OEM copy on the PC you bought it with, regardless of whether it will technically work, it's still a EULA violation and in-turn illegal to use it on another machine (like your Mac).</p><p></p><p>If you're using a retail copy, unless you bought a multi-user package, you are only entitled to install it on a single machine, regardless of whether it will activate on another (which I have never seen happen).</p><p></p><p>As an MCSE and a Microsoft network admin (who happens to maintain my company's licensing), I can tell you with absolute certainty that OEM copies are intended to be installed on a single machine, that being the machine that they were sold with. You can make a copy and slipstream SP2 if you wish, but you may not legally use it with another machine. The same applies to non-branded OEM discs, however, vendors are technically only supposed to be selling those to system builders - and again, that disc is tied to the hardware you buy at the time of purchase.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 561693, member: 24098"] I don't mean to pick nits here, but I don't think you're understanding me. You're still only licensed to run a branded OEM copy on the PC you bought it with, regardless of whether it will technically work, it's still a EULA violation and in-turn illegal to use it on another machine (like your Mac). If you're using a retail copy, unless you bought a multi-user package, you are only entitled to install it on a single machine, regardless of whether it will activate on another (which I have never seen happen). As an MCSE and a Microsoft network admin (who happens to maintain my company's licensing), I can tell you with absolute certainty that OEM copies are intended to be installed on a single machine, that being the machine that they were sold with. You can make a copy and slipstream SP2 if you wish, but you may not legally use it with another machine. The same applies to non-branded OEM discs, however, vendors are technically only supposed to be selling those to system builders - and again, that disc is tied to the hardware you buy at the time of purchase. [/QUOTE]
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