[Novalug] OSX on AMD
donjr
djr1952@hotpop.com
Fri Mar 2 19:14:54 EST 2007
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 11:19 -0500, Megan Larko wrote:
> donjr wrote:
>
> Comments in-line:
>
> > On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 00:59 -0500, Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> >> Bonnie Dalzell wrote:
> >>> I think you may have missed my point about the difference between Apple
> >>> and M$. Apple actually sells you the OS. True it has a big dongle attached
> >>> to it.. M$ does some sort of we are allowing you to use the OS
> >>> thing.
> >>>
> >> I'm not sure what you mean... do you mean like when you get Windows as
> >> an OEM version? I don't know what the EULA says (of course), but I
> >> think I can transfer it to another machine at least ONCE (or so I've heard).
> >
> > See part 13. of the current EULA for XP
> > <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/eula.mspx>
> > 13. SOFTWARE TRANSFER. Internal. You may move the Software to a
> > different Workstation Computer. After the transfer, you must
> > completely remove the Software from the former Workstation Computer.
> > Transfer to Third Party. The initial user of the Software may make a
> > one-time permanent transfer of this EULA and Software to another end
> > user, provided the initial user retains no copies of the Software.
> > This transfer must include all of the Software (including all
> > component parts, the media and printed materials, any upgrades, this
> > EULA, and, if applicable, the Certificate of Authenticity). The
> > transfer may not be an indirect transfer, such as a consignment. Prior
> > to the transfer, the end user receiving the Software must agree to all
> > the EULA terms.
> >
> > This is different then the OLDER EULA for "Windows ##...".
>
> This is very different from earlier versions. Goddard Space Flight Center used to have these
> warehouse sales of older computer equipment. It was a great place to get a deal. Then it was said
> the the Microsoft OS could no longer transfer; the hard disk had to be purged of the M$ OS. For
> general, non-linux people, the deal lost a large part of the appeal because people would need to buy
> an OS for this older hw. Frequently the then-current version of M$ OS did not run well on the
> older boxes with less memory (and many of the people buying were not really into adding more
> memory---this was supposed to be the "cheap 2nd computer for exclusive use of the 8 yr old").
>
> For those of us hobbiest, it was still cool.
>
> megan
> >
> > The above change really caught me off guard.
> >
I already knew about this and it was one of the reasons this change
really caught me off guard.
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