people didnt complain spending 70 bucks every 1-1.5 years lol. now 116 after 2.5 years comeon people lol. not bad at all
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Apple Officially Announces Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
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iLife can be installed without install tiger just have to select the correct option. Something like install bundled software.
I don't believe he was suggesting that we prosecute copyright infringement as theft. I do applaud you for the slippery slope, are you trying to prove my point? You should argue, not bully.
You may even get it in the late afternoon on the 25th. But you will get it before the store sells it!
I was a full time student. I delivered pizza to pay for stuff like this. I got my BA and paid off my student loans myself. It was a bitch. Life is a struggle.
Where the "Resolution Independence" Go????
When you click to look at all of the '300 New Features', resolution independence isn't one of them. It certainly isn't listed in the Graphics section. And I read over the whole list twice and didn't see it.
When you click to look at all of the '300 New Features', resolution independence isn't one of them. It certainly isn't listed in the Graphics section. And I read over the whole list twice and didn't see it.
Higher education institutions each have TWO Apple Stores: one for individual purchases, and one for institutional purchases.
At the Apple Store for University of Wisconsin-Madison, Leopard is $69 at the institutional store (e.g., where university departments purchase from), and $116 at the individual store (e.g., where faculty, staff, and students purchase from).
Previously, Mac OS X has been $69 across the board.
Leopard Server also went up greatly for individual purchase. The 10-client went from $249 to $449 ($499 retail), and unlimited client from $499 to $899 ($999 retail). For institutional purchase, the prices of $249 and $499 respectively remain the same for Leopard Server.
At the Apple Store for University of Wisconsin-Madison, Leopard is $69 at the institutional store (e.g., where university departments purchase from), and $116 at the individual store (e.g., where faculty, staff, and students purchase from).
Previously, Mac OS X has been $69 across the board.
Leopard Server also went up greatly for individual purchase. The 10-client went from $249 to $449 ($499 retail), and unlimited client from $499 to $899 ($999 retail). For institutional purchase, the prices of $249 and $499 respectively remain the same for Leopard Server.
Interesting. I wonder if there is a list of prices for institutions floating around out there, or if the Cornell price was just the dept. price.
The extra $40 is a Lot
Being a student, I know that the extra $40 is a lot. I worked part time for almost a year just so that I can afford to buy a MBP- and I was proudly able to do so.
I worked a lot more to purchase a used car, and I am still working my butt off to pay for car insurance and gas- and other bills.
All my parents pay for are the meals- $100 a month. Thankfully I was able to get a scholarship to pay for tuition and rent.
So yes, $40 is a little too much when I am living on a shoestring budget....
With the $40 I can fill up my car to last me for two weeks...
I do agree that there are students who are living totally off their parents' money and they may not have a justifiable reason to whine, but for students who are earning on their own- I believe they do have a reason to whine.
Being a student, I know that the extra $40 is a lot. I worked part time for almost a year just so that I can afford to buy a MBP- and I was proudly able to do so.
I worked a lot more to purchase a used car, and I am still working my butt off to pay for car insurance and gas- and other bills.
All my parents pay for are the meals- $100 a month. Thankfully I was able to get a scholarship to pay for tuition and rent.
So yes, $40 is a little too much when I am living on a shoestring budget....
With the $40 I can fill up my car to last me for two weeks...
I do agree that there are students who are living totally off their parents' money and they may not have a justifiable reason to whine, but for students who are earning on their own- I believe they do have a reason to whine.
Dude, don't sweat it. These students and whoever else CAN afford the extra $40.00 it just makes interesting conversation today. People bought Vista at $400 without even blinking so for $129 it's no biggie. There's really no reason to complain.
My only issue is the blue scroll bars didn't go away.
well that's odd. perhaps this $116 price is a mistake. perhaps someone could call to verify (i can't i'm not in your country).
In the UK, my confirmation says "We estimate your order to be shipped on or before OCTOBER 26TH" so I am assuming that I might have to wait a few days. The previous two occasions it arrived later. Tiger came on the Tuesday, but Panther took ages because they used some cheap parcel post. I remember all the threads on macrumors at the time complaining about Apple's service to UK customers.
You don't even have to wait a month to get Leopard with ADC. The GM build of Leopard should be available for download to all ADC members (including Students) by this Friday on the Apple ADC website. I have no idea if Server is included or not.
Dude, don't sweat it. These students and whoever else CAN afford the extra $40.00 it just makes interesting conversation today. People bought Vista at $400 without even blinking so for $129 it's no biggie. There's really no reason to complain.
My only issue is the blue scroll bars didn't go away.
I would have totally paid the $36 to get rid of aqua altogether.
Sorry but its not the same thing.
The EDU discount is a privilege, not a right. They have not put up the full price. They have not put up an EDU price, they HAVE reduced the discount. Be greatful you get a discount at all. They dont have to offer one.
Maybe all the pensioners should be up in arms that there is no pensioner discount.
I know how that goes.
$40 to me is 10 trips to Subway, or a month's worth of groceries! (I live in a house, we split the food bill.)
The cost of manufacturing a boxed DVD for Leopard will be a couple of dollars absolute max, virtually the entire cost is in the intellectual property contained on the DVD. So, I repeat my earlier question: why is downloading or otherwise "borrowing" a copy of leopard any different to taking a box from the store from a moral standpoint? How many people wouldn't dream of stealing software, music CDs or movies from a retail store (all of which have negligible inherent value) but don't think twice about downloading it? I simply cannot see the difference in a "decent" society
But that's the thing, if you don't have $116 then you SHOULDN'T BE SPENDING $79 either!
I was dirt poor in college too, so I understand not having money. But for me, poor meant I couldn't even afford the student prices on software. I got by with the previous generation of everything. I even used Windows ME for 3 years, for god's sake.
For everyone complaining how you don't have $116...take it from someone who's been there: If you can't afford that, then spending $79 on this upgrade would have been a VERY BAD IDEA! You'll need that more elsewhere, trust me.
I just checked out my local campus store. They won't be getting Leopard in right away, and they haven't finalized pricing yet, but the guy there seemed to think that it was going to check in somewhere between $70-80 CAD for the edu pricing. This is actually cheaper than the Tiger EDU at $89 CAD. At this same campus store, iLife '08 and iWork '08 are selling for $49.99, so it's reasonable to assume that at the physical campus stores where you have to actually show a validated Student ID, that the pricing will be more in line with the traditional EDU US pricing ($69) given our current parity with the USD.
Sweet
Government discount is cheaper than student discount, kinda weird. Gonna pre-order soon!!!!!!! Don't care about the price it is an awesome OS and is worth every penny
Switched2aMac
Government discount is cheaper than student discount, kinda weird. Gonna pre-order soon!!!!!!! Don't care about the price it is an awesome OS and is worth every penny
Switched2aMac
Hurrah!!!
So now the debate is whether to pre-order Online, or queue to buy it from a store - which one will get me Leopard sooner??!!
you will notice that it says "Delivers" on oct 26th. I'm sure delivery will be before 6pm...but you need to sign for it.