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How much do you think Apple will charge for OS 10.7 Lion?
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Apple's never had that kinda percentage difference in the pricing. Previous versions were $129 and $179, and of course Snow Leopard was only $29 and $49. I think we're likely to see $79 and $99 for the single and family packs, maybe $79 and $119.
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But how would you reinstall Lion if it had to be downloaded from the App Store? Say you format your HD, are we supposed to install Snow Leopard then download Lion from the App Store to install it?
Or maybe Apple will allow us to burn it to a disk.
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Thinking this through, maybe they won't do away with the disk quite yet.
But all the point releases (10.6.1, 10.6.2....) are done via the Internet or can be so this might be the preferred distribution method and available at reduced cost like some of Apple's other software is now.
And/or the Mac App Store. Seems to me that distributing the developer seeds that way is a way for them to test it.
$69 EDU pricing, $129 Regular.
Don't see any reason why Apple would deviate from previous iterations and offerings (note: 10.6 was really what 10.5 should have been at release, hence the much lower price point).
Don't see any reason why Apple would deviate from previous iterations and offerings (note: 10.6 was really what 10.5 should have been at release, hence the much lower price point).
I can pretty much guarantee it will be less then $100, since that is what it costs to be a registered developer and they get a free copy. My guess is around $50, and maybe $75 or $100 for the family pack.
I think this is the way they'll go, with the ability to burn it to a disk.
I'm on the fence as to whether or not they'll actually sell the upgrade as a physical disc.
My guess is it will be $70 if you buy it off the Mac App Store, and $100 elsewhere.
The Mac App Store version will be the "upgrade" version since you can only buy it if you have Snow Leopard anyway (since no earlier version of OS X can run MAS).
Seems like it would make the most sense considering Apple's other "discounted" software on the Mac App Store. They would also want to encourage people to buy it off the Mac App Store so they don't have to produce as many copies of it to sell in stores. Despite the cost of bandwidth, it would still be cheaper for Apple to sell on the Mac App Store than through retail.
Oh and the retail version will come on a USB stick instead of an optical disc, which would further encourage Apple to discount the MAS version to reduce the production cost of the retail version.
The Mac App Store version will be the "upgrade" version since you can only buy it if you have Snow Leopard anyway (since no earlier version of OS X can run MAS).
Seems like it would make the most sense considering Apple's other "discounted" software on the Mac App Store. They would also want to encourage people to buy it off the Mac App Store so they don't have to produce as many copies of it to sell in stores. Despite the cost of bandwidth, it would still be cheaper for Apple to sell on the Mac App Store than through retail.
Oh and the retail version will come on a USB stick instead of an optical disc, which would further encourage Apple to discount the MAS version to reduce the production cost of the retail version.
It's always been that way and besides SL, OS X has always been $129 for single user license and $149 for the family pack.
The only reason to lower the price now is if they distribute it via App Store. I'm not sure they ought to yet simply because the devs just about took down the servers downloading the dev Lion preview. I can't imagine what tens of thousands of users, if not much more, would do all at once.
It will be $99 from the App Store and $129 in a box, on USB so my MBA can use it. Also, the developer program AFAIK doesnt give you the released OS for free, it gives you access to the pre-release only.