OS X trade up program?

[jchildress]

A friend of mine gave me a Power Mac that he doesn't use anymore and he had Tiger installed on it. I have the Tiger retail box and all of it's contents. Is there any place I can go to trade up Tiger for Leopard paying a smaller amount compared to just buying Leopard out right?

Thanks,

 

[chipchen]

A friend of mine gave me a Power Mac that he doesn't use anymore and he had Tiger installed on it. I have the Tiger retail box and all of it's contents. Is there any place I can go to trade up Tiger for Leopard paying a smaller amount compared to just buying Leopard out right?

Thanks,

hehe... yea.. it's here... or ebay... basically, sell tiger, buy leopard. you can probably buy leopard for about $80... and sell tiger for maybe $30 - $40?

 

[sickmacdoc]

That's true and would be form of tradeup- but I think you would find that making it clear that you have a retail boxed version of Tiger when selling would bring quite a bit higher prices than was predicted above! There is still a lot of demand for retail Tiger disks, particularly when you look at other sources for it and the pricing it is offered for even used (Amazon marketplace sellers, etc.). With a combination of selling the retail package and some smart shopping for the Leopard package I would bet you could essentially break even in the end without too much sweat.

 

[jchildress]

Cool, thanks for the ideas guys.

 

[jackiecanev2]

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Be careful though. Those tiger discs, if retail, are only for PPC. Most people are looking to put tiger on their intel mac, and those won't work.

 

[sickmacdoc]

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Be careful though. Those tiger discs, if retail, are only for PPC. Most people are looking to put tiger on their intel mac, and those won't work.

Yes, that is a point- unless you get the retail one that was released later that carried 10.4.6, since that one was a universal version for both PPC and Intel. The initial retail disks were indeed PPC only as the Intel transition had not begun when they were initially released.

To the OP- you definitely should determine which yours is and make it a point in your auction if you want to avoid hassles later from an unknowing buyer!