When Tiger goes on sale, do you purchase the full version or an upgrade?
I haven't seen a preorder on Apple's website. Coming from Windows you can upgrade or buy the full version. How does apple work with Tiger comes out?
I like how Apple does a family bundle with 5 licenes included for a little more. First class operation.
Eric
I like how Apple does a family bundle with 5 licenes included for a little more. First class operation.
Eric
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Typically it's been:
$129 single-user license
$199 family pack (5 user)
I'd expect similar when Tiger rolls out.
The retail box is inherently an upgrade for anyone who buys it because they already have some previous version on their Mac. $129 is the upgrade.
Originally posted by BuonRotto
Correction: the retail box is the upgrade.
The retail box is inherently an upgrade for anyone who buys it because they already have some previous version on their Mac. $129 is the upgrade.
Further clarification: but there's no discount for having the next-to-most recent version on your Mac. It's the same price whether you're upgrading from 10.3, 10.2, 10.1 or 7.6.
Originally posted by Flounder
Only $70 bucks if you're a student/educator or have access to one that will do you a favor!
Wouldn't that just make it technically illegal if you're not one? And even if you really are a student, don't the agreements only allow you to use it for educational/non-commercial purposes, and no longer once you're not a student
Originally posted by JonE
Wouldn't that just make it technically illegal if you're not one? And even if you really are a student, don't the agreements only allow you to use it for educational/non-commercial purposes, and no longer once you're not a student
...so say I buy a $4000 machine from Apple as a senior in college and I graduate after 6 months. What do you think I should do, throw away the computer, or smash it in little pieces and send it back to Apple as a verification of me agreeing to not use it once I'm not a student?
funny how everyone thinks its their business what people do or don't do...
Originally posted by Towel
Further clarification: but there's no discount for having the next-to-most recent version on your Mac. It's the same price whether you're upgrading from 10.3, 10.2, 10.1 or 7.6.
Won't it work like Panther? When I got my G5 last year I got Panther for twenty bucks when it came out after typing in my serial number on Apple's site and placing an order for it. I thought you were entitled to two OS upgrades for cheap if you recently bought a Mac.
Originally posted by JonE
And even if you really are a student, don't the agreements only allow you to use it for educational/non-commercial purposes, and no longer once you're not a student
Not from what I see. Perhaps you're thinking of the ADC student discount. Edu terms and policies are here:
http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Im...ndividual.html
Originally posted by Kickaha
Only lasts for like six months.
Oh well.
I've been watching the WWDC dev videos and the amount of new stuff in Tiger is amazing. Paying full price will be worth the amount of effort Apple is putting into this update.
I am pumped!!
Eric
Originally posted by JonE
Wouldn't that just make it technically illegal if you're not one? And even if you really are a student, don't the agreements only allow you to use it for educational/non-commercial purposes, and no longer once you're not a student
Well, as another person said, you certainly aren't going to stop using something once you're not a student/educator. That would be like apple leasing the software to you, and that's not how it works. You BUY things. I don't know what the agreement says, but I'm quite sure it doesn't say that.
Second, using someone else's student discount is no more illegal than say, having a friend who works at some store buy something for you with their employee discount, which might be technically illegal but come on!
I'm not saying one should go out of one's way in pursuit of the student discount, but if you've got a close friend who has it and you don't, I don't see anything wrong with asking for a favor.
--B
Originally posted by bergz
It's a kind of reverse shoulder-tap, and who's ever restrained from tapping on principle?
--B
That's quotable! I love it!
-B
Originally posted by Gene Clean
...so say I buy a $4000 machine from Apple as a senior in college and I graduate after 6 months. What do you think I should do, throw away the computer, or smash it in little pieces and send it back to Apple as a verification of me agreeing to not use it once I'm not a student?
funny how everyone thinks its their business what people do or don't do...
More like, you should stop and read through what the poster wrote.
He was saying not to use the education discount once one isn't a student. Not that you have to stop using the machine you bought as a student.
Originally posted by Kesh
More like, you should stop and read through what the poster wrote.
He was saying not to use the education discount once one isn't a student. Not that you have to stop using the machine you bought as a student.
actually i think he was replying to the person who said wouldn't the software be illegal once you were no longer a student.
Originally posted by Flounder
...That would be like apple leasing the software to you, and that's not how it works. You BUY things. I don't know what the agreement says, but I'm quite sure it doesn't say that....
Incorrect. Here's a quote from the Software License Agreement for Mac OS X:
The software (including Boot ROM code), documentation and any fonts accompanying this License whether on disk, in read only memory, on any other media or in any other form (collectively the ?Apple Software?) are licensed, not sold, to you by Apple Computer, Inc.
Originally posted by Tuttle
Oh well.
I've been watching the WWDC dev videos and the amount of new stuff in Tiger is amazing. Paying full price will be worth the amount of effort Apple is putting into this update.
could you give a brief list of everything that will be new
except for spotlight, automator and dashboard?
Sure you could have a friend do it for you, just like a friend could buy you alcohol or copy a CD for you.