Free OS X upgrade on Macs bought today?

[Foaric]

Does anyone know if an upgrade to Mavericks will be free for Macs that are bought from now on?

I'm not too into the idea of buying a Mac now and paying $150 or more to upgrade in a few months. :/

 

[MacDawg]

What gives you the idea that it would be $150 or more?
Not likely

 

[Foaric]

What gives you the idea that it would be $150 or more?
Not likely

Oh I was just guessing, I'm a Windows user and that's what new Windows versions usually cost, I figured it'd be similar.

 

[adcx64]

There's no word of an "Up to Date" program yet, but Mavericks will likely cost $20 like the past few releases, not 150.

Also: great thing about OS X is that it doesn't have that genuine activation crap. Just works.

 

[siurpeeman]

historically, all new macs get the free update when they announce a shipping date (roughly) and price for the new version of os x. so if you bought a new mac today, you'll likely have to pay for mavericks. and as macdawg pointed above, you probably won't pay anything near $150. last year's upgrade was $20, and it was $30 the year before.

 

[mmomega]

Does anyone know if an upgrade to Mavericks will be free for Macs that are bought from now on?

I'm not too into the idea of buying a Mac now and paying $150 or more to upgrade in a few months. :/

$150 ? Where did that number come from ?

Snow Leopard was $30, Lion was $30 and Mountain Lion was $20, has there been a rumor that the price was going to substantially increase over the last release

 

[w0lf]

Does anyone know if an upgrade to Mavericks will be free for Macs that are bought from now on?

I'm not too into the idea of buying a Mac now and paying $150 or more to upgrade in a few months. :/

No it won't be free but most likely it'll be in the range of $0 to $20 to upgrade.

 

[crzdcolombian]

Mac upgrades have been 20-30 bucks.... I hightly doubt it will be 150 they aren't microsoft. Apple screws you when you buy their hardware they basically give you their software to keep you.

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

...an upgrade to Mavericks will be free for Macs that are bought from now on?

No. They announce the availability of Mavericks via:
http://www.apple.com/pr/

After this announcement, you can go to
http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/
where you can order your copy of OS X 10.9. This copy costs you nothing, if you have the proper hardware and/or purchase receipt.

I'm not too into the idea of buying a Mac now and paying $150 or more to upgrade in a few months. :/

19.99 US$ is the price for everyone else in the Mac App Store (MAS), not 149.99 US$.

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Also: great thing about OS X is that it doesn't have that genuine activation crap. Just works.

Thank god!

 

[w0lf]

Mac upgrades have been 20-30 bucks.... I hightly doubt it will be 150 they aren't microsoft. Apple screws you when you buy their hardware they basically give you their software to keep you.

Apple used to charge $150+ for OS upgrades too, you know... Plus Microsoft seems to be heading the way of cheaper software too, you were able to get Win8 for $40 for a decent period and the upgrade from 8 to 8.1 is supposed to be free. Of course Microsoft will keep their expensive PRO packages but I think their standard release is headed the way of Apple ($25 or less).

 

[Cougarcat]

I don't think apple has ever charged more than $129 for an OS upgrade.