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Mac OS X Leopard Upgrade Options
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The academic pricing kinda sucks (though folks should check at their individual colleges to see if there are local discounts). But I can't bitch that much--a) it's their pricing, and b) I'm a working person....
Well, the hardware discount is still considerable...
Well, the hardware discount is still considerable...
Call them and ask. Some people who purchased in late August are claiming they are getting the $9.95 upgrade by calling Apple.
Probably not. Refurbs ship with the original OS they came with. You could always call them and ask.
Just got off the phone with Apple Store, rep said that orders of iMacs and Laptops made on October 26th WILL ship with Leopard pre-loaded.
When will i get it?
If i order today, are they saying that it will be delievered to my doorstep on the 26th or will it just ship on the 26th?
If i order today, are they saying that it will be delievered to my doorstep on the 26th or will it just ship on the 26th?
Yeah, I guess another week won't hurt if I have to wait. I might give them a call after work and see what they say cause on the specification sheet they still say it comes with Tiger so, my guess is that they will not come equiped with it right away, maybe on the 26th. Cause if you do all the steps to buy one, it never says anything about Leopard beeing in it. I am actually surprised no one has called them about that or mentionned anything about when the computers would be loaded with Leopard, well at least not any site I've been on.
From Apple: "Pre-order today and get free delivery ON October 26, 2007."
Below this is says: "Ships: Delivers ON October 26."
I don't know how legal that was. Here at UofM they stress that the Business Edition is only for university owned computers. For personal machines you have to buy something else - not sure which version.
Steffen
yeah, the educational pricing is a big disappointment... i'm not a student anymore, but any dollar helps when you're a student.
the biggest disappointment is the low-cost upgrade window - a shooddy few weeks? what happened to months?! i managed to convince my bosses to let me buy an iMac for work, and i bought it believing in Apple's track record for 2-3 months of an upgrade window. now i'll never get them to spend $129 on a software upgrade. whoops.
all my coworkers who have a vague interest in purchasing a Mac really wanted to see 10.5, too. whoops. (Apple's "whoops" that time.)
i know 10.5 is supposed to be the biggest upgrade since... well, 10.4, probably... but this is the wrong move if they're trying to keep hardware sales steady. springing changes like this will just mean that folks will be more hesitant to buy anything if there's a rumored upgrade on the horizon. Apple tries to cap leaks partially for this reason, but their own business practices will just make people tighter with their wallets.
- emilio
the biggest disappointment is the low-cost upgrade window - a shooddy few weeks? what happened to months?! i managed to convince my bosses to let me buy an iMac for work, and i bought it believing in Apple's track record for 2-3 months of an upgrade window. now i'll never get them to spend $129 on a software upgrade. whoops.
all my coworkers who have a vague interest in purchasing a Mac really wanted to see 10.5, too. whoops. (Apple's "whoops" that time.)
i know 10.5 is supposed to be the biggest upgrade since... well, 10.4, probably... but this is the wrong move if they're trying to keep hardware sales steady. springing changes like this will just mean that folks will be more hesitant to buy anything if there's a rumored upgrade on the horizon. Apple tries to cap leaks partially for this reason, but their own business practices will just make people tighter with their wallets.
- emilio
This should be easy.
The last shipment to the store will be the pre-imaged machines with Leopard.
Who told you months? At best I've seen two weeks being tossed around.rev.emilio said:
That's good news.... at least I can try get it from our university apple store at $69
so you still didnt answer my question, does that mean delivered or delivers on the 26th, which one?
Just thought of this but people sad about the education hike could just find two friends to go in with together on a family pack (ends up being about $69 before tax).
Probably not completely what Apple has in mind for "family" but college students get pretty close
Nice. Family Packs are for up to 5 people though, so you could get a bunch of friends to put in 40 each.
G3 support died off faster than we thought!
My guess is G4 and G5 will be gone with 10.6
I wish they'd stock the Family Pack in the retail stores on "opening night" but they haven't in the past, at the stores I've checked.
That's everyone else's guess I think. At least for G4. G5 still has bite I think since it's 64 bit, but they might want to phase out ppcs.
I see what Eidorian is saying...this explains why I was able to get Aperture and DVDSP at lower than edu prices by shopping at the bookstore.
Anyway, for the doubters, see below! (from Duke's institutional page)
AGAIN, this is under institutional purchases, it is up to the University to set the price.
--HG
Attachments
multiple machine license?
Does the educational license permit loading on more than one machine (Mac Office and Adobe PS allow loading onto 3 machines)?
Does the educational license permit loading on more than one machine (Mac Office and Adobe PS allow loading onto 3 machines)?
I just ordered my copy on my (British) Universities network and it was £58 (approx $116), does this mean we finally have parity between US and UK prices?
$129?
Then why am I being charged $147 + tax?
Oh yeah, I live in the UK. Almost forgot.
SL
Stop whining ;-)
It's 154 USD here in euroland (ex VAT)
What REALLY pisses me off is that Apple did reduce prices in Canada.
Which proves all the b*llsh*t from Apple about 'higher cost of doing business in Europe' is just that, b*llsh*t.
My question about this is, Does Leopard ship on the 26th or will it be at my house on the 26th?
I went on the apple store site and got to the delivery options. It said that free delivery would take 5 business days. There was no option for same day delivery. Anyone have thoughts on this?
I went on the apple store site and got to the delivery options. It said that free delivery would take 5 business days. There was no option for same day delivery. Anyone have thoughts on this?
Here's from my institutional page.
Did you have to navigate into software? The main page only displays Macs and iPods still.
