Snow Leopard Pricing

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$29 if you have Leopard, $10 if you buy a system from today on.


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Makes me a happy boy!
 
Neat. However, despite this, and the iPhone's $99 pricing, I think the overlooked gem on pricing here is the MacBooks. They are heavily slashing the Air and Pro prices, and introducing a cheaper 13.3" Pro.
 
InorganicMatter said:
Neat. However, despite this, and the iPhone's $99 pricing, I think the overlooked gem on pricing here is the MacBooks. They are heavily slashing the Air and Pro prices, and introducing a cheaper 13.3" Pro.
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I actually feel sort of dicked over having bought my uMB only a few months ago. Alas...technology never stops changing. Oh well, I'm still happy with it and I can overclock it in Windows when I need the extra speed for the gaming I do every once in awhile. :)
 
Im curious how they are going to do this. I hope it just verifies your disk, rather than a full blown 10.5 install to install 10.6. Kinda like the way Windows did it back in the day.
 
I'm picking up a 13.3 Macbook Pro tomorrow/wed, so I'm pumped about both!
 
I'm also looking to pick up a Macbook Pro in the next couple of weeks.... Still deciding if i should get a 13 or 15 inch:confused: What's are the new features of Snow Leopard?
 
Cool. Going to have to get a memory upgrade for my mini test machine before this hits though.
 
Rombus said:
Im curious how they are going to do this. I hope it just verifies your disk, rather than a full blown 10.5 install to install 10.6. Kinda like the way Windows did it back in the day.
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Previous "Upgrade" versions of OSX needed the proper version of OSX, or newer, found on the HD. So as long as you have 10.5 or 10.6 on the HD, you'll be able to do a format and reinstall.
 
The biggest surprise on Snow Leopard is that it will not run on PowerPC therefore my iBook will be dying come September. Early 2010 it will be time for a MacBook Pro and I can't wait.
 
InorganicMatter said:
Neat. However, despite this, and the iPhone's $99 pricing, I think the overlooked gem on pricing here is the MacBooks. They are heavily slashing the Air and Pro prices, and introducing a cheaper 13.3" Pro.
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The Macbook Air pricing is ridiculous. It was already cheaper and faster than the Lenovo x300 and the Dell Adamo, and now its even faster and cheaper?

Crazy. I'm seriously seriously tempted to get one whenever I retire my current MBP.
 
Cowcaster88 said:
The biggest surprise on Snow Leopard is that it will not run on PowerPC therefore my iBook will be dying come September. Early 2010 it will be time for a MacBook Pro and I can't wait.
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Intel only wasn't a surprise. All the tech writers predicted that months ago. I'm just glad it doesn't require a Core 2 Duo (vs. Core Solo or Core Duo).
 
Cowcaster88 said:
The biggest surprise on Snow Leopard is that it will not run on PowerPC therefore my iBook will be dying come September. Early 2010 it will be time for a MacBook Pro and I can't wait.
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It's been known for the longest while..
 
Love the $29 upgrade from Leopard...

I think Microsoft should do something similar with Windows 7, but they probably won't. $29 is really low... I wish microsoft would do like $79, not that I care much I'm a technet subscriber.
 
Database said:
Love the $29 upgrade from Leopard...

I think Microsoft should do something similar with Windows 7, but they probably won't. $29 is really low... I wish microsoft would do like $79, not that I care much I'm a technet subscriber.
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While they should do that, being that MS is a software company more than a hardware company, they'd take a major hit on their profits if they did that. Since Apple sells more hardware, they can afford to cut software prices in a major way.
 
Also directly from apple.com

32-bit compatible.

To ensure simplicity and flexibility, Mac OS X still comes in one version that runs both 64-bit and 32-bit applications. So you don’t need to update everything on your system just to run a single 64-bit program. And new 64-bit applications work just fine with your existing printers, storage devices, and PCI cards.
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http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/
 
32bit compatible doesn't mean it isn't a fully 64bit operating system, or that it will run on a 32bit processor... just that it can run 32bit programs.
 
I'm running the latest WWDC build as the main OS on my MBP now and it's awesome. Mail no longer sucks donkey balls and doesn't take forever to load, the finder is also alot snappier and FINALLY you can restore from trash(windows had this feature for like 10yrs now WTF Apple). The only bad thing is still no BR playback support :mad:
 
alex2792 said:
I'm running the latest WWDC build as the main OS on my MBP now and it's awesome. Mail no longer sucks donkey balls and doesn't take forever to load, the finder is also alot snappier and FINALLY you can restore from trash(windows had this feature for like 10yrs now WTF Apple). The only bad thing is still no BR playback support :mad:
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They don't exactly offer Blu Ray drives..
 
I'm sure they'll start shipping BR drives as an option in the next 6 months. Maybe they'll add support for them with a Snow Leopard update.
 
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