Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Family Pack [OLDER VERSION]
by Apple Computer

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Software Reviews of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Family Pack [OLDER VERSION]

Customer Review: Panther Family Pack - poor license, buggy software
Summary: 2 Stars

I have four desktop Macs in three different personal residences and a 12" Powerbook so the Panther Family Pack seemed like the perfect choice.

I purchased a Panther Family Pack only to discover that the enclosed license

'allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on up to a maximum of five (5) Apple-labeled computers at a time as long as those computers are located in the same household and used by persons who occupy the same household. By 'household' we mean a person or persons sharing the same housing unit such as a home...'

This means that I cannot install the Panther software on the Macs located in my other two personal residences nor can a take by Powerbook with the Panther software installed on it out of my house.

When I was finally able to discuss this with Apple, they confirmed that my interpretation of their Family Pack license was CORRECT and that they would be modifying that language to respond to my concerns. For those who do not respect intelletual property the current langauge is not a concern but for those who do respect intellectual property this change will be appreciated.

Second, the software:
When running two Macs and two airports under 10.2 via a hub everything worked. When Panther was installed on the two Macs only one would connect at a time. If Panther requires a router instead of a hub that is not indicated on the system requirements. I was hopeful that the 10.3.1 update would solve this problem, but it does not.

Unfortunately 10.3 is still beta software; don't pay to be a beta tester unless you are accustomed to doing Windows-like tweaking, which Mac users recognize as being very unelegant.

Description of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Family Pack [OLDER VERSION]

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