Bought new Macbook pro. Do i have to buy Leopard for my old MacbookPro?
Hey,
i recently bought a new macbook pro. I already had a Macbook Pro (1,5years old).The new laptop came with 2 installation (leopard) disks. Unfortunately when i try to install leopard on my old laptop it says "mac osx installation is not possible on this computer".
What i bought 2 laptops in 1.5 years do i have to buy leopard for my old laptop too ?!?!
papaele wrote:
Hey,
i recently bought a new macbook pro. I already had a Macbook Pro (1,5years old).The new laptop came with 2 installation (leopard) disks. Unfortunately when i try to install leopard on my old laptop it says "mac osx installation is not possible on this computer".
What i bought 2 laptops in 1.5 years do i have to buy leopard for my old laptop too ?!?!
Welcome to the Apple forums:
Apple does not supply free upgrades for older OSs, only updates.
10.5.1 to 10.5.2, etc. is a free update
10.4.x to 10.5. is an upgrade that requires a purchase of the new OS
Purchase of a computer does not generally include free OS upgrades.
DVDs that come with a new system are not designed for and should not be used on earlier computer systems, for multiple reasons, the most important of which is it is not legal to do so. It is a violation of the Apple license agreement we "signed."
Yes, you have to buy Leopard if you wish to install Leopard on your old computer.
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