I bought my macbook air off a friend, i can't install iPhoto or iMovie for free :(

Hi People,
me askign for help again i am affraid, mac newbie here..
i was lucky enough to purchase a pristine macbook air mid 2011 off my friend today and have been having some teething troubles.
one being i would really like to download imovie and iphoto, and i was told they were free....however it says that they have been downloaded by another user and now are £10.49 each?
I have done a complete system reboot (i accidently deleted the partitioned drive today and had to do an internet reinstall to mountain lion, then an update to maverick...took about 8 hours). as far as i know it is now factory resett, and app store is running with my user ID...
can anyone please help me (in idiot terms until i get used to the mac world), to get these two apps for free?
many thanks in advance
Ian

Addouk wrote:
imovie and ipho...
i was lucky enough to purchase a pristine macbook air mid 2011 off my friend today
They are free, your friend made a mistake,
he needs to open http://supportprofile.apple.com and log in with his Apple ID. Then, choose "Edit Products" and remove the MacBook Air.
that macbook needs to be disassociated with his ID
then recover ( http://www.apple.com/osx/recovery/ ) the machine as new from box state with Imovie and Iphoto installed at that point under your user name / ID

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