Upgrading Multiple Systems to Snow Leopard Question, HELP PLEASE
Hey guys,
I have 2 macs in my house, 1 that is running leopard, and 1 that is running tiger. I want to upgrade both of them to snow leopard, and I saw that in order for me to upgrade the one on tiger to snow leopard I must buy the box set. If I were to buy the Mac Box Set Family Edition for $229, would I be able to put the iwork and snowleopard on both my computers, the tiger one as well as the one on leopard? Or should I buy one box set for the tiger one, and the 29 dollar upgrade for the leopard one I got, is Iwork worth buying the family set for?
-Adam
If you get the box set family pack, you can upgrade both machines to Snow Leopard with iLife '09 and iWork '09. If you instead get the Snow Leopard Box Set and the Upgrade, you cannot, per the license, upgrade iLife and iWork to the '09 machines on the system that is currently running Leopard.
Hence, the former solution is probably recommended.
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