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Can anyone explain this Retail/Restore disk stuff?
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<blockquote data-quote="D3v1L80Y" data-source="post: 546829" data-attributes="member: 2960"><p>First off, you got duped into paying a lot more than you should have. Not to mention that the discs you purchased were never intended to be sold on their own. </p><p>This is why I generally stay away from ebay.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, the discs for eMacs are the only ones that have ever worked in other machines. The reason I was given by someone once, was since the eMac was really intended for schools, the discs were "unlocked" so they could be used on any machine in the school, regardless of form factor. I guess it was supposed to make it easier for the school's IT guys to take care of things. I don't know the validity of this reasoning, but I do know that the eMac discs were the only ones to work in other machines. This did eventually change and not all of the eMac models' discs work that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D3v1L80Y, post: 546829, member: 2960"] First off, you got duped into paying a lot more than you should have. Not to mention that the discs you purchased were never intended to be sold on their own. This is why I generally stay away from ebay. Secondly, the discs for eMacs are the only ones that have ever worked in other machines. The reason I was given by someone once, was since the eMac was really intended for schools, the discs were "unlocked" so they could be used on any machine in the school, regardless of form factor. I guess it was supposed to make it easier for the school's IT guys to take care of things. I don't know the validity of this reasoning, but I do know that the eMac discs were the only ones to work in other machines. This did eventually change and not all of the eMac models' discs work that way. [/QUOTE]
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