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Re: MB Pro Battery Failure

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In article <290720152122042976%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net>
wrote:

> > > ...This laptop is important to me because
> > > it contains a piece of astronomy software that is no longer available
> > > and that the a-hole developer who sold it does not allow it to be
> > > transferred to a new machine...
> 
> > This would be Plan C or maybe Plan D, but if it all goes south, pull the 
> > HD, stick it in an external USB housing, then jack it into your new 
> > computer when you want to run that program.
> 
> Nope. The developer was onto that old trick. The software license is
> tied to something or other in the computer's hardware. It cannot be
> made to run on a machine other than the one on which it was registered
> after installation. And it had to be registered or it wouldn't run.

What would happen if you had to replace the mother board?

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MB Pro Battery Failure Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-29 12:11 -0400
  Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-07-29 17:08 +0000
  Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-07-29 18:32 -0400
    Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-29 21:22 -0400
      Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-07-29 19:49 -0700
      Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-07-30 10:14 -0400
        Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Savageduck <savageduck1@(REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-07-30 09:11 -0700
          Re: MB Pro Battery Failure nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-30 12:17 -0400
        Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-07-31 00:17 +0000
  Re: MB Pro Battery Failure David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2015-07-29 22:19 -0700
    Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-30 09:34 -0400
      Re: MB Pro Battery Failure nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-30 09:37 -0400
      Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 12:24 -0400
        Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-30 19:20 -0400
          Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 07:53 -0400
            Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-07-31 23:48 +0000
      Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-07-30 12:59 -0400
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