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Price of 10.4 if I buy now
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Will I get a free upgrade to 10.4 if I buy a new Powerbook now?
If not, what will the price be?
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probably not.
probably $129.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Apple gives discounted ($30) copies of OS X only if you bought an earlier copy of OS X or hardware within 30 days of its release.
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I thought I heard that Apple would be lowering the price of the next OS release. People were complaining that $130 was kinda steep for a once a year upgrade.
I'm not sure what the new price will be if they are planning on lowering it.
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I dont think Apple will lower the price seeing how their going to slow down on releases.
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NOW YOU SEE ME! 2.4 MBP and 2.0 MBP (running ubuntu)
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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I'll get the upgrade for free since I have the ADC Student membership. Not a bad bonus on top of the 20% discount when I bought my PB..
(Last edited by sniffer; Oct 2, 2004 at 09:35 AM.
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Originally posted by nate_02:
I thought I heard that Apple would be lowering the price of the next OS release. People were complaining that $130 was kinda steep for a once a year upgrade.
Apple is not going to be doing the once a year update thing any more. They seem to be moving towards an 18 month upgrade cycle.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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so the cost of OS X is gonna be about a hundred bucks (or more) per year? sheeesh. you guys would be screaming through the roof if Microsoft tried that.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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$129 is a lot for an OS upgrade, but Tiger may be worth the price.
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Originally posted by danbrew:
so the cost of OS X is gonna be about a hundred bucks (or more) per year? sheeesh. you guys would be screaming through the roof if Microsoft tried that.
That's kind of trolling. The main argument I have against this is that No one is forcing you to upgrade. Many people still run 10.2 and are perfectly happy with it.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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No on the free upgrade, not this far out.
If you're a student, this might save you a couple bucks. A $99 student developer memebership from which, like the other guy said, I believe you get a free copy of the new OS when it lands: http://developer.apple.com/ (not to mention a one-time steep hardware purchase discount, but only for verifiable students!!)
I thought I heard a rumor about a slightly lower upgrade price too. But that's all it was: a rumor.
IMHO: their upgrades have always been worth it. Apple is blazing one heckuva trail with their OS and they've always delivered amazing new features that make $129 worth every single penny, and more.
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It's a bussiness purchase, I'd get it right now @ 130 ! 
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I get mine free too... I love the student ADC!
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Mac: 15" 1.5ghz PB w/ 128mb vid, 5400rpm 80gb, combo drive, 2gb ram
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Does the "one time hardware" ADC discount give you even more of a discount than the normal student discount? IF it is, what %?
I'm about to buy a new Powerbook, so I want to get the lowest price possible. I'm a graduate student at Northwestern Univeristy.
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