If I buy Refurb iMac, Will I recieve iLife 2011 For Free???

[Orange™]

I know that if you bought a mac a month or so before the iLife 09 was released that they would give you the upgrade for free.

Is it the same with a refurb? How would I go about doing this? Perhaps go to an Apple Store with my receipt?


Thanks

If I do have to buy iLife 11, how many Macs can I use it on?

Thanks!

 

[Bkxmnr]

There is no iLife '11. And unless you buy a family pack, you could only install on 1 machine.

 

[Orange™]

There is no iLife '11. And unless you buy a family pack, you could only install on 1 machine.

Have you really not heard that it's expected any day now???
People are looking at the September 1st event, really high probabilty!

Thanks for the reply though!

 

[bigmacman]

I have a similar question. Bought my new iMac i3 less than three weeks ago. It has iLife '09 preinstalled. If iLife '11 comes out next week, do I get a free upgrade?

 

[KirkL]

Have you really not heard that it's expected any day now???
People are looking at the September 1st event, really high probabilty!

Thanks for the reply though!

In all fairness, there are threads from January of this year saying it's "expected any day now"

 

[aristobrat]

In the past, if you bought a new Mac after iLife or a new OS was *announced*, you were eligible to get it for the cost of just postage and handling (US$9.99)

I don't remember if that offer applied to refurbs.

But it's never applied to Macs purchased before the announcement.

If you have to buy it, it's usually $79 for a single Mac or $99 for the Family Pack (5 Macs).

 

[LAS.mac]

I agree, it should be free if you buy once it is announced.
I hope they'll upgrade both iLife and iWork, to take advantage of the Box version.

 

[HvyMtlPlyr]

"...And unless you buy a family pack, you could only install on 1 machine."

Not that I'm condoning this, and outside of the legal aspects of it, how does it prevent you from installing it on a 2nd machine?

 

[DavidLeblond]

"...And unless you buy a family pack, you could only install on 1 machine."

Not that I'm condoning this, and outside of the legal aspects of it, how does it prevent you from installing it on a 2nd machine?

It doesn't. Purely a legal thing.