Mac OS X Leopard Upgrade Options

[agentkow]

Okay, so if we get the family pack and I want to send it to the person on campus who normally lives at our house, but want to retain a copy for myself for maintenance purposes, is it possible to burn a personal copy of the Leopard install DVD or is it somehow copy protected?

Thanks...

[!¡ V ¡!]

I bought my computer back in september but somehow still got the 9.95 upgrade fee? W/e im happy :D

Never hurts to try. :D

Glad for you, and 9.95 is for S+H, the OS is free however since it falls below the 75 and above to qualify for free shipping I guess we are stuck with that cost. Still excited. :)

[!¡ V ¡!]

Okay, so if we get the family pack and I want to send it to the person on campus who normally lives at our house, but want to retain a copy for myself for maintenance purposes, is it possible to burn a personal copy of the Leopard install DVD or is it somehow copy protected?

Thanks...

Not sure if Apple has changed anything with 10.5, however you are allowed to make a back-up of any software you own. :)

[psychofreak]

I bought my computer back in september but somehow still got the 9.95 upgrade fee? W/e im happy :D

I bought my Macbook in 2006, but they replaced it in September...IT QUALIFIED! :)

[RafMac]

Anyone wondering whether or not they would get the up-to-date discount should do what this person says. It's that easy. Apple has a batch of serial numbers it has flagged as eligible for the program.

To be honest, I can't remember when exactly I got my MacBook-- last week of September, I think. (I don't have the recipt on me right now.) But I did as stcanard suggested and my copy is on its way.

-Squire

IT WORKED FOR ME, GOT THE IMAC SHIPPED 3RD WEEK OF SEPT.
Entered serial number and Oct. X purchase date and it worked.
Paid $9.95 and got confirmation and it will ships by Oct. 26!

Tough luck to those who rushed and bought from Apple before Oct. 1.
Should have bought from a reseller at cheaper price, shipping was longer, oh well, patience pays off in the long run.

Got reseller discount and no tax, free wireless mouse + $125 off coupon from apple for shipping delays (6 weeks) and now $9.95 Leopard. This is sweet.

[Sweetbike40]

I've been waiting to buy a laptop to have it already installed with Leopard. Now i'm thinking i'll take the installer discs.

Anyone know if the discs would be able to install on my other computer too?

[emulator]

I got my iMac 24" in September and I was under the impression that I would qualify for a reduced cost upgrade ... I think that is really crappy to charge me $129 less than a month after I bought it.

It seems like Apple is back on top, so they don't care so much about the customers anymore...once you bought, thanks and see ya...
Just shut it! You did not buy the OS but the hardware. It was a bonus, you got the OS with it. Other companies don't even care the day after you purchase, if they update their products. :confused:

In technology, you will ALWAYS get more tomorrow for the same $$, or the same thing for less $$.

Live with it!


Tough luck to those who rushed and bought from Apple before Oct. 1.
Should have bought from a reseller at cheaper price, shipping was longer, oh well, patience pays off in the long run.I've never understood those who buy at the Apple store (except refurbished items). They pay tax and retail, where as online resellers mostly don't charge tax and have nice rebates (like Amazon). :cool:

[JonasLondon]

And again half of the forum is full of people whining because "evil Apple" is charging them money and offer no update price if your bought Tiger etc etc etc.... my god guys, the FULL price is LESS than a Windows XP Update to a decent (now, if that exists at all is a topic by itself) Vista variant. Sometimes I wonder if people really are so dumb that if Apple charged $399 for Leopard and then offered a 50% discount to those who bought Tiger they would complain less??

Turn it around anyway you want, Apple offers better stability, security, a much better user experience and -interface for less money than their "competition" Microsoft. Frankly, I am happy with this. I might not buy on October 26, but rather with my new Mac in February (hopefully a slim-line MacBook Pro or an updated monster-Aperture-FCS machine named Mac Pro), but all this whining is not going to make them change their pretty darn good strategy. Live with it and enjoy Leopard (or Tiger, which is in fact pretty fine too and still kicks Vista in the balls)!

[sqrussi]

Where I Can Get An Upgrade Online? I Have A New Macbook And I Want To Get The Upgrade Of Leopard? Is A Link Or Something?

[gwangung]

...that Apple narrowed the student discount...but opened up dates for the up-to-date program (by a substantial margin).

[Peace]

Where I Can Get An Upgrade Online? I Have A New Macbook And I Want To Get The Upgrade Of Leopard? Is A Link Or Something?

You might try looking at Apple.com.

[happydude]

anyone know the specifics of this? it's my understanding that previous software upgrades were licensed for one desktop and one laptop? is this still the case. all i can seem to find is that the single user for leopard is licensed only for one computer, regardless if a person owns more than one computer. for instance, i own an imac and my wife a macbook . . .

[flopticalcube]

I think that only applies to certain applications. AFAIK, you need to purchase a separate copy for each machine so family pack.

[blahbrah]

Alright, my college is in the apple store education section... the price online is $116, but to get the $69 price do I need to go the the school's store?

yeah, but call the store first to find their price. My school's store is charging 80 bucks.

[e12a]

okay, i checked my college computer store website, and it lists leopard as $89.

not 69, but its better than $116.

[windemere]

I have no idea if this will actually pan out for anyone, but, based on a cursory internet search, I had some ideas which might help students whose college does not provide the institutional discount:

(1) If you are a student at a public higher educational institution, check with larger higher ed schools within your state system (it seems like schools within the same system might be able to purchase at another school's campus store, e.g, http://www.univnorthco.edu/bearlogic/StudentArea/newStdtInfo.htm#Who%20is%20eligible%20to%20purchase%20from%20Bear%20Logic? and http://utbookstore.utk.edu/uccs/personal/). Granted, even some of those stores appear to have restrictions on their ability to resell to students outside their own campus, but I suspect that might simply refer to any software for which the university is subsidizing the cost (rather than merely reselling at the institutional rate they purchased it for, as would likely be the case with Leopard).

(2) If you are not part of a large state system, it may be useful to just call campus stores at other schools in your area and see whether they have strict sales policies (limited to their own students--which is the case for most) or more lenient policies (e.g., I can't guarantee this, but it appears that some schools like San Francisco State, http://sfsubookstore.com/catalog/default.php/cPath/2, might resell to any student who can prove they attend an accredited higher ed institution).

Disclaimer: I obviously do not control the above campus stores, so I can't guarantee what they will do; the opinions noted above are just based on my (perhaps misinformed :confused:) reading of their websites.

Nonetheless, those might be worthwhile options for students having trouble finding Leopard (though you should probably expect a delay even if they will sell to you). Good luck.

[j-a-x]

I bought mine at the student pricing of $119. Maybe I'm a sucker, but they told me the $69 pricing is only for departmental purchases not students, and we have no campus computer store here (all of our student computer discounts are handled online). I'm at Rice University in Houston by the way.

Anyways, I figured by ordering online, there's a slight chance I'll get my copy early, and if not, it's guaranteed to be here on the 26th. That beats fighting rush hour traffic to go to a huge crowded mall and buy my copy.

[ZrSiO4-Zircon]

Woot, I just placed my order for the up-to-date 10.5.
Great thing is, I "Purchased" my MBP in September, but I had to exchange it (paying for tax to exchange in WA since I got it in OR), and the exchange happened Oct. 5. Har har har, I gots me a copy of 10.5!
I was honestly ready to pay $129 too. Or the $69 cuz I'm a student.
IMO it's worth it. I have no complaints.

[BigJimmyC]

Just shut it! You did not buy the OS but the hardware. It was a bonus, you got the OS with it. Other companies don't even care the day after you purchase, if they update their products. :confused:

In technology, you will ALWAYS get more tomorrow for the same $$, or the same thing for less $$.

Live with it!



Why are you getting so heated about this? Is it that unreasonable that people who shelled out big bucks a month ago should want the new OS for cheaper? Microsoft doesn't seem to have issues providing a MUCH larger window for free upgrading. Think about the Vista release. PC retailers gave out coupons for free upgrade copies of Vista starting 3-4 months before the Vista home editions became available. And again recently, now that Office 2008 for mac finally has a release date (in February), anybody who purchased a copy of Office 2004 as of ~2-3 weeks ago gets to upgrade their copy to 2008 for free when it gets relased. This seems much more reasonable to me than what Apple is currently doing. Apple has known full well for months when the release of Leopard was going to be, and it is unfair of them to charge users good money for a product that they know is going to become outdated within a month. Obviously they have to draw the line somewhere, but seriously, not even a month?

As a side note, you do NOT get the OS as a bonus. Of course the cost of the OS is factored into the price you pay for the computer. What makes you think they'd just toss it in for free?

[drlunanerd]

This has probably been raised already, but bear in mind previous Apple up-to-date programs for OS X have delivered upgrade disks, not full installers. Therefore you have to install the previous OS version first before installing the "upgrade", which can be a pain in the future when re-imaging Macs.

[Squire]

I got my iMac 24" in September and I was under the impression that I would qualify for a reduced cost upgrade ... I think that is really crappy to charge me $129 less than a month after I bought it.

It seems like Apple is back on top, so they don't care so much about the customers anymore...once you bought, thanks and see ya...

Question: Have you tried for the upgrade? (And are you reading what others have posted?)

I purchased my MBP on 9/16 and it shipped 9/26. My S/N still qualified me for the $9.95 upgrade to Leopard. Apparently, the qualification system is "working" now ...

Some people have been reading, I see. :D

-Squire

[edenwaith]

This is excellent news for me! I purchased a Mac mini on Oct. 1, so I just barely qualified. I was expecting to have to pay the extra $129 for Leopard, but this is wonderful news that I will only need to pay around $10 instead. I'm very glad that I purchased when I did.

[dr_lha]

I bought mine at the student pricing of $119. Maybe I'm a sucker, but they told me the $69 pricing is only for departmental purchases not students, and we have no campus computer store here (all of our student computer discounts are handled online). I'm at Rice University in Houston by the way.
FYI: My University computer store is selling the boxed copy of Leopard to Faculty and Students for $69.

[dr_lha]

Why are you getting so heated about this? Is it that unreasonable that people who shelled out big bucks a month ago should want the new OS for cheaper?
Why would they expect it cheaper? If they made "up to date" cover 3 months, the people who bought a computer 3 months and 1 day ago would be mad. You can't please everyone. The fact is that Apple did not promise these people that they would get Leopard cheap, and if they asked on here, anyone would have told them that Apple's policy towards up to date was that it was only usually covering a few weeks before they announced a new OS. You should give Apple some credit for being fairly flexible with their start dates, as people obviously are getting the up-to-date disk who ordered their computers before October 1st.

What makes me laugh is the amazing attitude that people have when seeming to "expect" that they will get a free upgrade when there is no evidence to that effect.

If you can't afford $129 for Leopard, don't pay it. Tiger is still a great OS.

[beez1717]

It's kind of sad, but if your family owns several macs (like mine does) then the best deal you can get is to buy the family pack (which doesn't get an education discount!) and forgo the education discount. That way your spending around $40 for a licence, which in my case is quite expensive for an OS, as I managed to get in on a VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM which allowed me to get:
:apple: Microsoft Windows XP SP 2 for 1 dollar through my school (yes it's possible, you have got to beleive me on this one[not legally allowed to upgrade the OS once I leave the computer science department though])

:apple: windows Vista Buisness FOR FREE! (same rules apply as above)!

So yah, I can see how getting an OS lisence for $40 feels expensive!

Yupers. it's true, and I'm sorry I can't prove to you that it IS TRUE. I would love to do say that you can do this too, but it's through my school (I bet many other schools can do this too [it might have to do with "let's get the students stuck on our software so they will go out and buy the real item when they leave the school!]):D:D:D:D:D:p:p:p:p

[beez1717]

Why would they expect it cheaper? If they made "up to date" cover 3 months, the people who bought a computer 3 months and 1 day ago would be mad. You can't please everyone. The fact is that Apple did not promise these people that they would get Leopard cheap, and if they asked on here, anyone would have told them that Apple's policy towards up to date was that it was only usually covering a few weeks before they announced a new OS. You should give Apple some credit for being fairly flexible with their start dates, as people obviously are getting the up-to-date disk who ordered their computers before October 1st.

What makes me laugh is the amazing attitude that people have when seeming to "expect" that they will get a free upgrade when there is no evidence to that effect.

If you can't afford $129 for Leopard, don't pay it. Tiger is still a great OS.


what apple is really doing is this: "You still baught a computer within the month in which we said our new OS was coming out? For being so dumb why don't we make you feel better by allowing you to upgrade: all you have to do is pay around $6.00 to correct your stupidity"

[robkore]

The minimum requirements really put a dent in my plans here, as my girlfriend has an 800MHz iBook at 10.3.9, and I have a MacBook Pro at 10.4.10. I was hoping to buy the 10.5 family pack and upgrade us both, but it looks like that is not going to happen. A mixed family pack would be nice, with five licenses that could be used for either Tiger or Leopard. :(

[e12a]

I dont get why schools have different prices, some have 69 and some are at 89. Mine is at 89 and it is a public school, a UC in California. :confused:

i would happily pay 20 dollars less for the same thing.

[awatiker]

Maybe the 4th time will be the charm for buying Leopard.

Originally I was planning on buying Leopard for the educational price while I'm in downtown Chicago, until I learned that educational pricing on software is only available online.

So:

First I ordered for $116 (edu price) + tax from Apple.com

A few hours later I saw that Mac Mall had it for $109 with free shipping so I canceled the Apple order and ordered from Mac Mall.

Later on I saw that the institutional price with $69.00 will learning that Mac Mall is not known for helpful customer service, so I canceled the order.

I called my schools computer store where they were convinced that Leopard was going to be at the educational, not institutional, price (they are giving away free iLife though, go figure).

This morning, I saw Amazon was also offering Leopard for $109 with no rebates (unlike Mac Mall) so I ordered from them.

This afternoon however a bulletin was placed on the campus website stating that Leopard would only be $69.00, so I canceled the Amazon order.

Hopefully I will now actually get Leopard.

[brop52]

Lol. Patience is a virtue. I'm waiting it out to see how it goes but it looks like Leopard for me. My campus score doesn't carry Mac OSes.

[macguy34]

alright, alright, alright.... 129, 116, 109, 89, 69...
whatever the price, i go to an ivy league school. despite this, the school's website says 69 for tiger without a single mention of leopard. in fact, they still list iWork and iLife 06 for 39... so the website doesn't get updated much. fine... i'll take it... i'm gonna assume that means leopard will be 69 or 89 or "institutionally" discounted... BUT, can i assume it'll be in our store on Oct. 26? does apple hit up everyone with new software at once, or will i be subject to my school's store placing an order?
if updating their website is any indication of how speed moves around there, i don't wanna get my hopes up of the $69 price if they actually have to request it.

in simple terms: how likely is it that an institution will have it in stock on the 26th???

[brop52]

alright, alright, alright.... 129, 116, 109, 89, 69...
whatever the price, i go to an ivy league school. despite this, the school's website says 69 for tiger without a single mention of leopard. in fact, they still list iWork and iLife 06 for 39... so the website doesn't get updated much. fine... i'll take it... i'm gonna assume that means leopard will be 69 or 89 or "institutionally" discounted... BUT, can i assume it'll be in our store on Oct. 26? does apple hit up everyone with new software at once, or will i be subject to my school's store placing an order?
if updating their website is any indication of how speed moves around there, i don't wanna get my hopes up of the $69 price if they actually have to request it.

in simple terms: how likely is it that an institution will have it in stock on the 26th???

Why don't you email them, call, or stop by and ask?

[aafuss1]

$158 is cheap for Leopard-previously OS X cost $229 here in Australia.

Pre-ordered mine two hours ago from the Apple Store with free shipping-and Apple says:
"Ships by: DELIVERS ON OCTOBER 26TH"

[matticus008]

I'm confused. How can any of these systems qualify if you input your serial number and purchase date before October 1st?

The system rejects an earlier purchase date regardless of serial, right?

[snugharbor]

That is not a Microsoft edu discount, that is a special deal that your college pays for ... part of the technology fee you pay every year, which pays for more than two copies of Windows. =)

If you bought your Mac in September looks like you can get the $9.95 upgrade, I did and others. Don't think they are quibbling over a few days. Those who had a good 2 years on 10.4 (ed copy) paid about 8 cents a day. Those who bought their Mac 5 days too early would pay about $24 a day!!! So I think they unofficially realize this so it is likely that if you bought in August or September you can get 10.5 for 9.95...most have. They've left room for slack like rounding to the next highest grade.

[chihiro]

can you tell me if I buy MBP on 27 oct is it going
to come with already install Leopard or with installer disc?

[thewhitehart]

So, just for hypothetical purposes, would it be wise to buy a new macbook with Tiger, get the Leopard Upgrade for 10 bucks, and instead use the leopard upgrade DVD to update an old imac instead of the macbook? In other words, would the Leopard upgrade DVD work on the imac if one didn't install it on the macbook? :)

[Plymouthbreezer]

Yayyy.

I ordered my MBP last night. Should be here by the 25th.

Can't wait to get my $9.95 copy of Leopard!

[Plymouthbreezer]

So, just for hypothetical purposes, would it be wise to buy a new macbook with Tiger, get the Leopard Upgrade for 10 bucks, and instead use the leopard upgrade DVD to update an old imac instead of the macbook? In other words, would the Leopard upgrade DVD work on the imac if one didn't install it on the macbook? :)

Yes. It's the Full Retail version... ;)

[matthewjhawkins]

for those that are reporting having the up to date program working for serial numbers that were purchased before October first, like August 31st, are you entering your serial number and the date of purchase as being October first?? WHoever actually got this to work, can you provide any additional details??

thanks,
matt

[RafMac]

for those that are reporting having the up to date program working for serial numbers that were purchased before October first, like August 31st, are you entering your serial number and the date of purchase as being October first?? WHoever actually got this to work, can you provide any additional details??

thanks,
matt

It worked for previous OS X releases too, those who bought macs from resellers as apple sold macs to resellers not the customer. Apple does not get customer receipts from reseller or name of buyer. Also apple flags certain mac serial numbers to work as close to announcement date, they don't want to spill the beans for everyone. It's like the government that won't tell you all the tax breaks, grants, etc. you have to look for it.

[pandashark]

that's odd...I'm at UCSD, and the price is 69.99 here. I just cancelled my amazon order this morning and ordered one from the UCSD bookstore :)


I dont get why schools have different prices, some have 69 and some are at 89. Mine is at 89 and it is a public school, a UC in California. :confused:

i would happily pay 20 dollars less for the same thing.

[psychofreak]

Yes. It's the Full Retail version... ;)

It would work in that situation, but it is not the full retail version: there has to be a Tiger installation there to begin with, meaning I have to install Tiger on my external before Leopard :(

[ltldrummerboy]

When will the computer with pre-installed Leopard be available? Now?? October 26th?? December 30th??

I chatted with someone on the Apple store yesterday, and she said that Macs would be shipping with leopard on the 26th. Not before. If you buy it on the 25th, you've got to pay $10 to upgrade.

[e12a]

that's odd...I'm at UCSD, and the price is 69.99 here. I just cancelled my amazon order this morning and ordered one from the UCSD bookstore :)

yea i dont know..i go to UCI and the website has Tiger for 69 and Leopard for 89.

can i go to UCSD and get it?

My sister goes to UCLA, so i can ask her to get it for me if its 69 as well.

[shankar]

Education institution pricing is still $69, including for Leopard. Institutional pricing is what departmental components of universities pay for the product.

Universities can still choose to resell Leopard in their own stores for $69, since that is the institutional price. For example, Leopard will still be sold to indivuduals, including faculty, staff, and students, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for $69.

At about noon central time I visited apple's educational store where the Leopard was priced at $ 69.00. I saved it for later purchase. When I checked it on another computer at about 2:45 pm the price had jumped to $ 116.00 and my saved cart was blank. Just what is apple doing?:confused::eek:

I called apple and a Stan pickup the phone. He denied there was a price drop on the website. I had Three other people view the same page before. Asked about why my saved cart items were missing and he pleded ignorance but offered 15.00 OFF on purchases $ 100.00 or more.

[baummer]

yea i dont know..i go to UCI and the website has Tiger for 69 and Leopard for 89.

can i go to UCSD and get it?

My sister goes to UCLA, so i can ask her to get it for me if its 69 as well.

Most UC bookstores will ask you for your student/staff ID before you can purchase it. Otherwise, they cannot sell you the item.

[theskylinebass]

EDIT: sorry upon further search this HAS been covered many times already...sorry, next time i'll search more extensively before I post!!

[baummer]

I see some people have been posting back and forth about the upgrade issues, but I thought I would share my story...

I bought a new Macbook on September 30th and recently read about the upgrade option if purchased on or after October 1st. At first I was very discouraged, but thought I would look into it since my macbook didn't arrive until October 3rd. I tried calling Apple's help-line, and after getting nothing but recorded menus and irrelevant options, I just thought I would look online.

On apple.com on the right side there is a OS Tiger Upgrade window. I went to the eligibility page and entered the date purchased, serial, etc. At first it wouldn't let me move on because of the September 30th date, so I entered October 1st instead.

I don't know if they allowed it intentionally or accidentally but it let me complete my order for Leopard and only cost the $9.95 shipping fee...great success!

I'm sorry if this has been covered 100 times already, but I hope at least for a few people I was helpful!

The system uses a formula to determine the probability that the system was sold in the timeframe. This is why setting it to October 1st and inputting your serial number worked. It is impossible to verify each computer sold, unless sold at an Apple Store. If it accepted your serial number, you are good to go.

[e12a]

Most UC bookstores will ask you for your student/staff ID before you can purchase it. Otherwise, they cannot sell you the item.

hm. I'll just have to find a friend that goes to UCSD to pick a copy up for me when i want to then if UCLA is over 69.

[pknz]

Has any students from Australia been able to order Leopard at the 'old education price' through their university?

[jasbird]

My new macbook will arrive tomorrow. I am very excited. I know I jumped the gun on purchasing my mac before they ship with leopard installed. I am going to get the 10$ upgrade to leopard next week. I have read that there are different editions with features ommitted. What edition will my 10$ upgrade include? Is it just the basic or what?? ps how do i start a new thred or post so people can respond exclusively to this question? any help is appreciated thanks!

[ger-ethan]

My new macbook will arrive tomorrow. I am very excited. I know I jumped the gun on purchasing my mac before they ship with leopard installed. I am going to get the 10$ upgrade to leopard next week. I have read that there are different editions with features ommitted. What edition will my 10$ upgrade include? Is it just the basic or what?? ps how do i start a new thred or post so people can respond exclusively to this question? any help is appreciated thanks!

It's not windows, there is just one version with all the features (and a server version).
You can start a new thread with the "New Thread" button on the upper left corner in a forum.

[Sweetbike40]

what apple is really doing is this: "You still baught a computer within the month in which we said our new OS was coming out? For being so dumb why don't we make you feel better by allowing you to upgrade: all you have to do is pay around $6.00 to correct your stupidity"

it's not dumb to buy a new computer with tiger and pay $10 for the upgrade. the full version of leopard. it's the best of both worlds. if i bought it with leopard installed and some of my professional programs didn't work properly, i'm screwed. this way i have a stable os system and when i know leopard is working with these programs, i can install it then.:)

[dr_lha]

So, just for hypothetical purposes, would it be wise to buy a new macbook with Tiger, get the Leopard Upgrade for 10 bucks, and instead use the leopard upgrade DVD to update an old imac instead of the macbook? In other words, would the Leopard upgrade DVD work on the imac if one didn't install it on the macbook? :)
This worked for for the Tiger up-to-date disk. It wasn't locked to a particular machine. As for if it works for Leopard this remains to be seen, I suspect however that it will.

[dr_lha]

Most UC bookstores will ask you for your student/staff ID before you can purchase it. Otherwise, they cannot sell you the item.
Funny you say that because it looks like you're in Riverside, and when I worked at UC Riverside the one thing I noted was that the University Bookstore *never* asked me for ID when I was buying Apple stuff. That was a few years ago however!

[Macula]

I am from Europe and it's really interesting to read how some of you guys can get Leopard for the old edu price, but apparently only if your uni supports and resells Mac os X? That is totally ridiculous as this discrimates students going to large schools vs students going to local/smaller schools. How is this even remotely fair? And what about some of you who called Apple directly and got the price dropped? How did that work exactly? Any info appreciated

It shouldn't come as a surprise that Denmark and the US have different values with respect to such issues.

Of course, to be fair, one could conjecture that Apple Stores run a higher risk of falling victim to false ID fraud, whereas university computer stores can verify student status much more securely.

[jamwin]

If in doubt, just try ordering through the Mac up to date link - after trying it, it worked and I got the upgrade for 9.95

[mdwsta4]

sorry if this has been asked before, but...
i bought a new MBP on sept 16... apple states you can upgrade for $10 if purchased after oct 1. any chance they'd offer some sort of discount for people who bought a computer another two weeks before?

[Squire]

sorry if this has been asked before, but...
i bought a new MBP on sept 16... apple states you can upgrade for $10 if purchased after oct 1. any chance they'd offer some sort of discount for people who bought a computer another two weeks before?

Very likely. Go to Apple's up-to-date page, type in your serial number, and see if you qualify.

-Squire

[stoneage]

Very likely. Go to Apple's up-to-date page, type in your serial number, and see if you qualify.
-Squire
It worked. I bought mine 3 weeks before the deadline and they qualified me for 10 bucks.

[Squire]

It worked. I bought mine 3 weeks before the deadline and they qualified me for 10 bucks.

Cool!

-Squire

[mdwsta4]

nice. thanks!

Very likely. Go to Apple's up-to-date page, type in your serial number, and see if you qualify.

-Squire

[HLdan]

Just got my UTD disks and installed Leopard in 10 minutes on my new iMac. I backed up everything and then popped in the Leopard DVD and went to Disk Utility and did an erase, reformat and then installed Leopard. I removed all the languages and OS X installed in under 10 minutes. Stacks is smooth with no stuttering and everything runs much quicker. I suggest to anyone upgrading to use Disk Utility to erase, reformat and install and don't install those unnecessary languages and it should install fast. I think most issues are happening from Archive and Install or upgrading. Clean install also eliminates Spotlights endless indexing.
So far so good, no issues, everything works.:D