If OS X Lion is to be Mac App store only, does that mean...

[twentyred]

On the Apple Store for SL, it specifically states, "Snow Leopard is an upgrade for Leopard users and requires a Mac with an Intel processor." Are you saying this is in contradiction with the EULA?

Why does it have to be a contradiction? It doesn't say exclusively or only for Leopard users in your quote.

 

[Consultant]

While I have slow intermittent DSL, two-thirds of the island I live on is still on dialup. So is a large chunk of the rest of the world.


Downloading Lion on my crap DSL will be painful. I can't imagine attempting it on dialup.

I'm not just talking about remote parts of the 2nd world. My mother in Los Angeles (currently on Snow Leopard) only gets 768kbps from her DSL.


Apple is going to release a boxed version for customers on Leopard or without broadband. They might price it higher for the version jump.

For those still using a modem, do you think getting up to date on technology is their priority?

They can also download it from a faster connection, such as Apple Store or a cafe.

 

[Cougarcat]

Why does it have to be a contradiction? It doesn't say exclusively or only for Leopard users in your quote.

This is what their press release said:

Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard will be available as an upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard in September 2009 through the Apple Store(R) (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The Snow Leopard single user license will be available for a suggested retail price of $29 (US) and the Snow Leopard Family Pack, a single household, five-user license, will be available for a suggested price of $49 (US). For Tiger(R) users with an Intel-based Mac, the Mac Box Set includes Mac OS X Snow Leopard, iLife(R) ’09 and iWork(R) ’09 and will be available for a suggested price of $169 (US) and a Family Pack is available for a suggested price of $229 (US).

Yes, it doesn't say "exclusive" or "only," but it's pretty clear the Box Set is for Tiger, and the single disk is for Leopard. The reason SL was only $29 was that it was billed as an upgrade.

 

[ftaok]

2. So like other apps one buys, you can download it on two machines if you have the same store ID. So if I buy Lion once I could update more than one machine without paying again ?

Where is the notion that there's a limit to the number of Macs that can install software per ID? I've seen people throw out a limit of 5 and now here's a notion that the limit is 2.

As far as I'm aware, all software on the Mac App Store can be installed on an unlimited number of Macs, as long as their on the same User ID.

And I think Jobs even mentioned in the Keynote that the $29.99 for Lion would allow you to install it on every Mac you own.

With the Mac App Store, you can download and install over and over again. As long as the app is still sold in the store, you're always backed up.

 

[Eric S.]

On the Apple Store for SL, it specifically states, "Snow Leopard is an upgrade for Leopard users and requires a Mac with an Intel processor." Are you saying this is in contradiction with the EULA?

Well whatever it said, the SL disk is an install disk; you can use it to install onto a system with a bare drive, with no previously existing OS at all.

Yes, it doesn't say "exclusive" or "only," but it's pretty clear the Box Set is for Tiger, and the single disk is for Leopard. The reason SL was only $29 was that it was billed as an upgrade.

That may have been a reason stated by Apple, but I think the real reason was that SL was recognized as only a small advance over Leopard and they didn't want to create bad PR by charging the usual $129 for it.

 

[joelovesapple]

None of your replies has anything to do with what I asked at all...

But hey, keep going!

 

[Jolly Jimmy]

None of your replies has anything to do with what I asked at all...

But hey, keep going!

Threads drifting somewhat happens all the time. Not really a big deal.

 

[joelovesapple]

Threads drifting somewhat happens all the time. Not really a big deal.

I don't mind! I guess it stems from being a member of a particular gaming forum where the rules where to stay on topic or you were breaking the rules, and I still haven't quite shrugged it off yet .

 

[Eric S.]

None of your replies has anything to do with what I asked at all...

But hey, keep going!

On your original question we can only speculate, because Apple has not indicated anything about it. Personally I believe software update will continue as it has been, regardless of what is available in the app store.

 

[joelovesapple]

On your original question we can only speculate, because Apple has not indicated anything about it. Personally I believe software update will continue as it has been, regardless of what is available in the app store.

Yeah I guess that now having seen the screenshot in this thread. Interesting to speculate though, judging how update behaviour generally is in the Mac App Store.