-
Second hand FCS2. Worth it?
I’ve just been offered a second hand copy of FCS2. Of course for less than a new one.
Have you had any contact with such dealings?
Does that actually work? Can you change the registration to another entity so that the license stays valid etc etc.?
Wojtek Jezowski
-
6 Replies
-
Apple actually places a lot of trust in its users. This will fall into an ethics thing more than a will it work on my system. There is nothing that stops someone from loading a piece of Apple software on their computer and then selling it to someone else, who loads it on their computer and both will work, both are upgradable but only one is legal. There is only a problem if both are opened on the same network.
So the question is who are you buying it from? Do you know them? Are you sure they have removed the software from their system? If you can be fairly certain, there should be no issues on your part.
One of the great things about Apple is their take on all this. They make it so easy for their real customers in getting their OS and software up and running without jump through hoops with internet registration/validation/dongles, we as customers need to make sure we are paying for legit software. If we police ourselves, there is less need to be policed by others.
-
As long as they are giving you the original disks, original documentation with original serial numbers then its fine.
As long as you do that then there is no legal problems, unlike the time a former employer of mine bought a used computer because it came with a lot of software. When the computer was delivered and there were absolutely no software disks at all with it (everything was already installed) did I tell the boss he didn’t have legal copies of that software with out the install disks and SN. He didn’t seem to care, but then again he was never a vary honest man.
Don’t give the person any money until you all all the original install disks, documentation and serial numbers.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity! -
[Zane Barker] “Don’t give the person any money until you all all the original install disks, documentation and serial numbers”
But even having all this, as Michael points out, I don’t know how you can get the copy registered to your name in the Apple data-base. Without that you will have more problems for updating.
Rafael -
Thanks for the advice!
Wojtek Jezowski
-
Apple operates totally on the honor system, right now there is no database that needs to be accessed to update. That is why I said to be fair to Apple you should now the person you are buying from and that he/she is not keeping a version and the Serial Number for himself.
-
Hi Michael,
When you try to download the updates from Apple (no Software update), the web ask you for your password and serial number. If the system sees that your copy had already been registered with other name, it won’t lets you make the downloading.
Rafael
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up