Leopard upgrade

[Aratmanecomus]

Hy guys, I have a Macbook and a Hackintosh and I'm planning to buy the retail leopard cd, I was watching the video presentation and seems that apple won't ask for any key or password, how do they know that a individual cd won't be used in several different computers? Thanks in advance.

[FUKKU]

Hy guys, I have a Macbook and a Hackintosh and I'm planning to buy the retail leopard cd, I was watching the video presentation and seems that apple won't ask for any key or password, how do they know that a individual cd won't be used in several different computers? Thanks in advance.

They don't know, Apple actually trusts their customers. Support that trust by buying Leopard.

[Adrian Fogge]

You obviously haven't heard about FlexPlay.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexplay

 

A Flexplay disc is shipped in a vacuum-sealed package. There is a clear dye inside the disc, contained within the bonding resin of the disc, which reacts with oxygen. When the seal is broken on the vacuum-packed disc, the layer changes from clear to black in about 48 hours, rendering the disc unplayable. If unopened, the shelf life of the sealed package is said to be "about a year." The DVD plastic also has a red dye in it, which prevents penetration of the disc by blue lasers, which would go straight through the oxygen-reactive dye.

[exscape]

You obviously haven't heard about FlexPlay.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexplay

 

A Flexplay disc is shipped in a vacuum-sealed package. There is a clear dye inside the disc, contained within the bonding resin of the disc, which reacts with oxygen. When the seal is broken on the vacuum-packed disc, the layer changes from clear to black in about 48 hours, rendering the disc unplayable. If unopened, the shelf life of the sealed package is said to be "about a year." The DVD plastic also has a red dye in it, which prevents penetration of the disc by blue lasers, which would go straight through the oxygen-reactive dye.

Interesting, but does it have anything at all to do with Leopard?

[MacKnight]

interesting, but i reckon someone will consider the use of this type of technology for an installation disc..

[Conroe Mac]

There's a reason they install cameras in most of the new Macs =)

[Aratmanecomus]

Well, thanks, I'll buy it anyway.

[mnit]

You obviously haven't heard about FlexPlay.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexplay

 

A Flexplay disc is shipped in a vacuum-sealed package. There is a clear dye inside the disc, contained within the bonding resin of the disc, which reacts with oxygen. When the seal is broken on the vacuum-packed disc, the layer changes from clear to black in about 48 hours, rendering the disc unplayable. If unopened, the shelf life of the sealed package is said to be "about a year." The DVD plastic also has a red dye in it, which prevents penetration of the disc by blue lasers, which would go straight through the oxygen-reactive dye.

 

Except this would sort of bugger up all the Apple support solutions that call for you to boot up from your install disk huh..

 

Aratmanecomus:

Apple don't do any checks on who's installing what because, theoretically, they're still in the money anyway, given it can only be installed on computers made by them. Hackintosh is the exception of course, but that's why Apple does go after uploaded copies (I think..)

[iestyn]

There's a reason they install cameras in most of the new Macs =)

 

lol

 

 

I like how they don't ask for password keys or anything for the OS install disks. I respect them more for not having that annoyance.

Plus, apple are always gonna make money out of me anyway!

 

(As long as they carry on innovating)

[FUKKU]

interesting, but i reckon someone will consider the use of this type of technology for an installation disc..

i doubt it. what happens if your install gets hosed a week or a month down the line and you need to reinstall?

 

it would be a support nightmare for whatever software company is stupid enough to try it.

[Synaesthesia]

They don't know, Apple actually trusts their customers. Support that trust by buying Leopard.

 

I found an interesting bit by John Gruber on this: People actually buy the family pack, even though you could use one disk for many macs.

 

The links for pre-ordering Leopard are doing well; as of last night, 579 orders have been placed by DF readers. One thing I find interesting is the breakdown between single-license copies and five-license “family packs”: 408 and 171, respectively.

 

What’s interesting about this is that the single-computer license isn’t enforced in code by the operating system. (Or at least that’s been the case with Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.4.) And, I suspect, most DF readers are aware of this. Which means many readers are doing the right thing simply because they’re honest. I have no idea if this breakdown is representative of the Mac user base as a whole, but if it’s even close, these family packs are a huge success for Apple.

 

Every time I read stories about the annoyance of dealing with Microsoft’s Windows activation, I’m thankful that Apple doesn’t do anything like that with Mac OS X. One reason they don’t, of course, is that Mac OS X only runs on Apple computers, so it’s not like Apple is getting completely ripped-off by bootleggers or those who install the single-license version on multiple machines. But they could enforce these licenses with serial-checking code, and they could tie serial numbers to machine-specific hardware identifiers. And I’m thankful they don’t. ?