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<blockquote data-quote="Rottie" data-source="post: 1021029" data-attributes="member: 136859">Hi there,If the person you purchased your mac from hasn't given you media for the &quot;included&quot; software, then it is a very safe bet that the software is pirated and therefore installed in breach of the publishers EULA (End User Licensing Agreement).Whilst the software may update okay via the web, who's to say (for example) that program X isn't installed on multiple computers, using the same single user license, or conversely, that a 10-user &quot;Multipack&quot; or &quot;Family pack&quot; license hasn't been recycled onto 10x that number of machines?If you purchased a machine in good faith, with &quot;installed applications&quot;, then it is your responsibility to check that the vendor included the media and all of the relevant serial numbers (and manuals, etc), before handing over the cash, or walking away from the deal.I personally, would start saving for the programs you want and make 100% sure that you have either (i) the original media and serial numbers in your possession, or (ii) in the case of digital downloaded software, that you have an email from the software vendor, detailing the serial number and the fact that it is registered in your name.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rottie, post: 1021029, member: 136859"] Hi there, If the person you purchased your mac from hasn't given you media for the "included" software, then it is a very safe bet that the software is pirated and therefore installed in breach of the publishers EULA (End User Licensing Agreement). Whilst the software may update okay via the web, who's to say (for example) that program X isn't installed on multiple computers, using the same [b]single user[/b] license, or conversely, that a 10-user "Multipack" or "Family pack" license hasn't been recycled onto 10x that number of machines? If you purchased a machine in good faith, with "installed applications", then it is your responsibility to check that the vendor included the media and all of the relevant serial numbers (and manuals, etc), before handing over the cash, or walking away from the deal. I personally, would start saving for the programs you want and make 100% sure that you have either (i) the [b]original[/b] media and serial numbers in your possession, or (ii) in the case of digital downloaded software, that you have an email from the software vendor, detailing the serial number and the fact that it is registered in your name. [/QUOTE]

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