Sounds like a music industry tactic. "Yay, we're selling millions of tracks online everyday, to celebrate our success let's jack up the price (and scare our new customers off)"
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Apple Officially Announces Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
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Sounds like a music industry tactic. "Yay, we're selling millions of tracks online everyday, to celebrate our success let's jack up the price (and scare our new customers off)"
Well, they wouldn't scare off new customers. Considering they probably didn't know it was so cheap before...
Yep, same here, I'm pretty disapointed.
That's twice as much as I was planning on spending, (well, almost), and instead I think I'll purchase the ATH-ANC7 noise canceling headphones I've been wanting for a while.
Which is sad really, because I'd rather have Leopard, but I can't justify being an early adopter for that price. DISCLAIMER: I think it's a fair price, just not what I'm willing to pay for it at this point.
here's a link to a page with a short description of all 300 new features.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html
some of these i had no idea were in leopard.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html
some of these i had no idea were in leopard.
So... this is the Leopard. Jobs mentioned "Top secret" in Leopard when he presented but seems there is NO secret functions revealed.
I don't think any major secret functions will be revealed with minor updates (.x) so I should call him liar.
I am a typical Mac fanboy but recent Apple's movement (including iPhone contract) doesn't make me feel happy...
I don't think any major secret functions will be revealed with minor updates (.x) so I should call him liar.
I am a typical Mac fanboy but recent Apple's movement (including iPhone contract) doesn't make me feel happy...
It's amazing that they didn't even update the front page of Apple.com. Compared to all they hype they generated with the previous releases, Leopard's marketing campaign is non-existent.
I guess it's the "new" Apple.
Edit: Nevermind, they just updated it. I feel a little better now.
I guess it's the "new" Apple.
Edit: Nevermind, they just updated it. I feel a little better now.
You underestimate the development costs of incorporating correct English spelling, like "colour" instead of "color"How nice of Apple to out a £20 ($40) premium on top for UK customers
Photo Booth requires an iSight camera (built-in or external), USB video class (UVC) camera, or FireWire DV camcorder; and an Intel or PowerPC G5 processor. Backdrop effects require an Intel Core Duo or faster processor. Backdrop effects when using a DV camcorder require fixed focus, exposure, and white balance.
OK, my PowerBook G4 just misses two new features. I was expecting every machine with the Leopard could get the Photo Booth...and no Backdrop effect...
Anyway, hope to get it on the release day
OK, my PowerBook G4 just misses two new features. I was expecting every machine with the Leopard could get the Photo Booth...and no Backdrop effect...
Anyway, hope to get it on the release day
alright! finally! they took awhile to announce, but at least they came through. now i just have to decide on whether i should pre-order or not
I would agree with the first point, but the second is an even better reason to keep the student discount down under $100.
I have often advocated that for home users and students, especially for students, that OS and software vendors should offer their tools for massive discounts if not free for non-profit/educational use. If you think about it, all of those students will eventually enter the workforce and put pressure on their employers to use the tools that they are familiar with. This also goes for home users but they are harder to keep track of and keep on the non-profit use list. The cheaper the software is for students and the more students who use it and become familiar with it means more pressure on employers to adopt those tools in the future. A cheap OSX for students could pay off in years to come as people enter the workforce and push employers to adopt OSX.
OK, so I take it the new mac mini I bought on Sep 29 doesn't qualify?
... I should have waited 2 days before I bought :::sigh:::
Just wow on the edu price. It is a safe bet that pirating of Leopard are going to sky rocket.
Apple is taking adatage of students because they know students are most likely to want to be on the cutting edge so they are going after the easy money from people who can not afford it. It looks like apple is trying to phase out the edu pricing slowly. Well Apple looks like M$ is going to go back to kicking you rear in the edu world.
Apple is taking adatage of students because they know students are most likely to want to be on the cutting edge so they are going after the easy money from people who can not afford it. It looks like apple is trying to phase out the edu pricing slowly. Well Apple looks like M$ is going to go back to kicking you rear in the edu world.