question about loading FCP5 on more than one machine: Can I??

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question about loading FCP5 on more than one machine: Can I??

Posted by Zack Hill on June 15, 2006 at 5:35 am

This is a question from a paranoid purchaser of software, expensive software…
I just bought fcp5 and am waiting for a new machine which should be here in a week, and am wondering if I can load FCP5 on my G4 that I use right now, and still be able to load it onto my new G5 that is coming. Sounds stupid, but I am just paranoid that if I put it onto one machine, I will not be able to load it onto another. Same goes with Adobe CS.

One more question, after installing FCP5 and upgrading all my projects, should I dump FCP4.5?

sorry for the rather novice questions…

thanks

Ed Dooley replied 19 years, 11 months ago 5 Members · 7 Replies
7 Replies

Shane Ross
June 15, 2006 at 6:25 am

As long as you remove it from your G4 once you install it on your G5.

Shane

Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net
Ed Dooley
June 15, 2006 at 2:11 pm

And Shane’s speaking from a legal point of view, not a technical one. 🙂
While it’s possible to put one copy on multiple machines (technically) it’s not allowed (legally).
Ed

[Shane Ross] “As long as you remove it from your G4 once you install it on your G5.”
Zack Hill
June 15, 2006 at 3:56 pm

thanks guys, i get the picture! one more thing, upgrades, legally I would only be able to do one machine, but illegally and technically is it possible to do the two?
thanks…
zeech
Ed Dooley
June 15, 2006 at 4:36 pm

Now you’ve gone too far. We’ll have to kill you. 🙂
Ed

[zeech26] “thanks guys, i get the picture! one more thing, upgrades, legally I would only be able to do one machine, but illegally and technically is it possible to do the two?
thanks…
zeech”
Ben Oliver
June 15, 2006 at 6:44 pm

uh oh…whos gonna call the apple police!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think apple would make a killing by charging like, 200 doillars for a license that allows 2 computers at once, and incrementally up.

i have a feeling a lot of places just unplug there network cables, and get to work.
Kevin Monahan
June 15, 2006 at 6:46 pm

Thanks a lot Ed…
Now I gotta clean up coffee from my keyboard from busting a gut.

Kevin Monahan
Take My FCP Master’s Workshop!
fcpworld.com
Pres. SF Cutters
Ed Dooley
June 15, 2006 at 7:49 pm

Sorry Kevin,
Send me the cleaning bill. 🙂
Ed

[Kevin Monahan] “Thanks a lot Ed…
Now I gotta clean up coffee from my keyboard from busting a gut.Kevin Monahan”

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