[MacMan05]

Will current Mac users get an upgrade to Leopard for free or at a discount?

[Brave Ulysses]

no.

[PKIDelirium]

Nope.

[MacMan05]

What will it cost?

[Wyatt]

Originally Posted by MacMan05 What will it cost?

Presumably, the same thing Tiger does: $129.

Apple doesn't do "upgrade" pricing because everybody who's buying it is upgrading, essentially.

[MacMan05]

Originally Posted by fcgriz Presumably, the same thing Tiger does: $129. Apple doesn't do "upgrade" pricing because everybody who's buying it is upgrading, essentially.

Worth every beautiful penny.

[Wyatt]

Originally Posted by MacMan05 Worth every beautiful penny.

Definitely.

I also forgot to mention: If you're elligible for the education discount, the price is only $69 for Tiger.

[PKIDelirium]

$69. Hee Hee.

New OS X versions are absolutely worth the price, even if you don't qualify for the education discount.

[Wyatt]

Originally Posted by PKIDelirium $69. Hee Hee.

[teachervoice]Okay, kids, now I just don't see what you find funny about that number.[/teachervoice]

New OS X versions are absolutely worth the price, even if you don't qualify for the education discount.

Oh, definitely. I still hope they keep the current prices for Leopard, cause $69 (hee hee!) sounds pretty good.

[blehpunk]

speaking of leopard, and i know no one knows the real answer to this. but do you expect it to be announced at MWSF or available for purchase then? The only reason I ask is because I'm holding out on buying a new MacBook Pro for school (which starts in Feb.).

[Wyatt]

Originally Posted by blehpunk speaking of leopard, and i know no one knows the real answer to this. but do you expect it to be announced at MWSF or available for purchase then? The only reason I ask is because I'm holding out on buying a new MacBook Pro for school (which starts in Feb.).

It's already been announced, but they've pretty much said it won't be available in January. They might announce the release date then, but it won't be done then.

[chucker]

It's announced for spring, which probably means it won't be out until at least March. I also don't see them preannouncing it much.

With Panther's release, they did a count-down from the beginning of October until the actual date (24th), IIRC. With Tiger, I don't think they even did that; they just quietly released it on April 29th. Not sure about those, however, but you get the drill.

There's no reason for them to pre-announce it at MWSF, let alone to release it. They should take their time and make it as stable as possible.

[MSFT]

Originally Posted by chucker There's no reason for them to pre-announce it at MWSF, let alone to release it. They should take their time and make it as stable as possible.

Unlike their friends in the North, eh?

[chucker]

Originally Posted by MSFT Unlike their friends in the North, eh?

The fact that Microsoft has postponed the Windows Vista release several times also points to trying to avoid a release that's terribly unstable.