Apple Will Release OS X Mavericks Today as Free Download

[0983275]

I was prepared to pay like 14.99 or whatever ML's going for now, but free is a bonus.

 

[Xavier]

Any news on what systems are unsupported?

I plan on trying to downloaded either way, but is my 2007 Macbook Pro 2.4ghz 4gb ram 256mb VRAM too old?

 

[Asuriyan]

Any news on what systems are unsupported?

I plan on trying to downloaded either way, but is my 2007 Macbook Pro 2.4ghz 4gb ram 256mb VRAM too old?

Anything that runs ML runs Mavericks as well or better.

 

[Hrududu]

I would imagine the system requirements will be the same as Lion and Mountain Lion. Basically you need a late 07 iMac or MBP or newer. If you still have an X1900 graphics card, you're out.

 

[Xavier]

Anything that runs ML runs Mavericks as well or better.

I would imagine the system requirements will be the same as Lion and Mountain Lion. Basically you need a late 07 iMac or MBP or newer. If you still have an X1900 graphics card, you're out.

Cool. My laptop has NVIDIA and runs Mountain Lion well. Will give it go when it becomes available in the App Store.

 

[ELSELS]

S-w-e-e-t !

Thanks Apple...

Now to find the download link ...

 

[ghostface147]

Any info on updating from 10.5.8 Leopard?

Yes, it ain't happening.

 

[Eduardo1971]

Yea!

Can't wait to down load. iBooks on the the Mac will be awesome.

 

[depulse]

How are you supposed to download and install from a computer running Snow Leopard if the update is done using the App store which I can't access using my three Snow Leopard computers?

 

[MalcolmJID]

How are you supposed to download and install from a computer running Snow Leopard if the update is done using the App store which I can't access using my three Snow Leopard computers?

Running the latest Snow Leopard (10.6.8? 10.6.9?) is the minimum requirement to run App Store.

 

[j4zb4]

How are you supposed to download and install from a computer running Snow Leopard if the update is done using the App store which I can't access using my three Snow Leopard computers?

Try apple.com directly maybe...

 

[depulse]

Running the latest Snow Leopard (10.6.8? 10.6.9?) is the minimum requirement to run App Store.

Exactly the problem. What is the solution? Mavericks is free, but to get it one still has to install the older versions which are not free. Or will Apple change this?

 

[Codyak]

When you run the App Store link to Mavericks it says it's not available in my region yet.

 

[MalcolmJID]

Exactly the problem. What is the solution? Mavericks is free, but to get it one still has to install the older versions which are not free. Or will Apple change this?

What? You said your machine is running Snow Leopard (10.6) which means you'd get the latest version as a software update for free. Then open App Store to get free Mavericks.

 

[dakwar]

Supports early 2008 black MacBook?!!

 

[34 Volt]

Now my favorite game, the waiting game..

 

[fhopper]

So where is it? It is not up yet.

Got it now. It took 30 minutes to download and almost 30 to install.

 

[dcorban]

How are you supposed to download and install from a computer running Snow Leopard if the update is done using the App store which I can't access using my three Snow Leopard computers?

10.6.8 is required, and a free update for Snow Leopard.

 

[ka-spot]

How/where to dnld?

 

[iamevilbear]

Here is the link to the Mac app store (not live yet)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-mavericks/id675248567?mt=12

Source: http://www.apple.com/osx/

 

[Carlanga]

My question: The keynote says that "If you're back on Snow Leopard (10.6), it's free".

My old school iMac, 2.16 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2 GB 667 MHz DDR 2 sdram, running Lion (10.7) could not handle Mountain Lion. It would not even allow me to download it. An older machine running Snow Leopard would CERTAINLY not be able to run Mountain Lion.

What is the point of saying you could upgrade from Snow Leopard for free, if those machines are not powerful enough to run Mavericks? UNLESS, Mavericks can run on the older machines that Mountain Lion could not run on...

Any thoughts?

I don't think so, I'm waiting also to see... I think they meant is free for people that didn't want to update, but could hardware wise.

I did install the mod ML w/ the forum mod and works better than Lion, it's great!

EDIT: Here is the hardware that can run it from apple.com so no you can't (http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/):
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)

 

[alvindarkness]

Fantastic, at last Apple starts following Microsoft in shipping their service packs free!

Even though I've used the betas and think Mavericks is a great osx release, I still laughed at your comment, brilliant.

 

[Carlanga]

Here is the link to the Mac app store (not live yet)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-mavericks/id675248567?mt=12

Source: http://www.apple.com/osx/

says item not available in the US store

 

[JoeRito]

Best OS in the world for free..... WOOOWWWW!

 

[wlossw]

Very pleased with free... let's see waht else is updated for free... iPhoto, aperture, etc...