the biggest disappointment is the low-cost upgrade window - a shooddy few weeks? what happened to months?!
Months only existed in the unrealistic hopes and dreams of some consumers. In fact, this is easily the most generous up-to-date program Apple's ever offered on a release of Mac OS X (10.1 wasn't quite the same thing). I expected to see lots of positive votes because of that, but I guess nobody ever remembers how small the window typically is. If they'd followed past precedent, the window would have started
today, not two weeks ago.
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.
Sorry to hear it. Every time I see this question come up, I try to correct people (many seem to "remember" that it's always 30 days or something, yet it's never been that; even this one, the most generous ever, is something like 25 days). Always do thorough research before buying if there's an issue like this that will make or break the purchase. It sucks to feel like you were burned after the fact because you didn't have all the information (I've been there).
It's too bad about the educational pricing, and I guess that's why there's so many negatives on this story. I wonder what the real rationale is. Is it to curb abuse, or is it because Apple realized that the price difference doesn't usually make or break the purchase decision, so they can get more profit this way?
I've noticed that the edu discount has either shrunk or gone away on a lot of items in the last year. It's pretty much gone now on most non-computer items: iPhone, iPods, AppleTV, etc. Too bad, but I guess I can't complain. I've been able to take advantage of it for years because my wife works and teaches at a community college, but I can't say we ever really needed it, as we weren't hurting for money like starving students. But at least we never abused it like letting friends/family who didn't qualify use it, or even reselling on eBay!
