I think I have an illegal version of Leopard..

Any way to check? My friend said he had a copy of Leopard and installed it for me, and it was working fine earlier. Now there are a bunch of bugs despite me updating to 10.5.2, running slow a couple of times. I've had my iMac for over 2 years now and have never had as many problems as I have in the 7 months owning this MBP.
I was wondering how to check on my own if its legit because I want the Apple Geniuses to see if they can fix my MBP. Like will they check my edition and, should it be illegal, will they still help?
Thanks

reincarnatdballa wrote:
Any way to check? My friend said he had a copy of Leopard and installed it for me,
There you go. That makes it illegal.
and it was working fine earlier. Now there are a bunch of bugs despite me updating to 10.5.2, running slow a couple of times. I've had my iMac for over 2 years now and have never had as many problems as I have in the 7 months owning this MBP.
Yes, but until now you have been using legal software with the requisite repair disks
I was wondering how to check on my own if its legit because I want the Apple Geniuses to see if they can fix my MBP. Like will they check my edition and, should it be illegal, will they still help?
You should buy and install your own legal copy before going to Apple.
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