so long as his mac is an intel Mac, he should be able to upgrade. On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote:
> > Hey!!! Good to know!!!! I will have to tell my friend who has Tiger > that he can upgrade to snow lepard!! > On Jun 22, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Brandon Misch wrote: > >> >> speaking of snow leopard, i heard from apple that if anyone has tiger >> still and they want to upgrade to snow leopard, they can directly >> without needing leopard first. >> >> On Jun 18, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Scott Bresnahan wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I bet it may just be the full install disk of Snow Leopard when you >>> buy the upgrade. What you are forgetting is that this is an Intel >>> only version of the OS, so the number of Intel only Macs that >>> shipped >>> with Tiger compared to Leopard is relatively small. Not to mention >>> those owners who already upgraded to Leopard reduce that number even >>> more. I'm just speculating, but most people who have a mac that can >>> run Snow Leopard, already have Leopard by definition. >>> >>> Time will tell. >>> >>> >>> --Scott >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> At 6:00 PM -0400 6/18/09, Scott Howell wrote: >>> When I purchased my copy of Leopard, it was a full copy and didn't >>> care if I had Tiger installed. I think this version is going to be >>> significant enough that an upgrade disk would be quite a surprise. >>> It >>> is in many ways a different os, if you will. >>> >>> On Jun 18, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Brent Harding wrote: >>> >>> I suppose then from now out every time you reinstall, you will need >>> both disks. I wonder what happens whenever the next one comes out, >>> install leopard, then Snow Leopard, then whatever? >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <mailto:[email protected]>Chris Blouch >>> To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >>> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:11 PM >>> Subject: Re: Pricing on Snow Leopard >>> >>> In the past there have been upgrade CDs that check for an existing >>> installation on the hard drive. I suspect they will do something >>> like >>> that. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> Sean Tikkun wrote: >>> >>> The 'low price' really isn't that low. iWork is $40, iLife is $40 >>> and >>> the last couple upgrades have been $80 I think. Just shows that in >>> truth Apple products are very affordable! Sure you can buy a PC for >>> $600, but you Office is going to cost you enough to balance out the >>> difference of a mac! They are a hardware company, not a software >>> company. I expect it will be a full upgrade disc. >>> >>> >>> On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:40 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Good questions Kevin, haven't really heard anything as of yet. With >>> such a low price, i'd think it'd just be an upgrade disc, but not >>> sure. Hard to say. >>> On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:48 PM, Kevin Reeves wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> So how are they doing this? Is this gonna be an update pushed to the >>> leopard >>> machines after a purchase is made, or do you go to an apple store >>> and show >>> proof of purchase and get a retail copy. If you get a disk, will it >>> be a >>> full install, or just an upgrade disk, whereby you need leopard >>> first, much >>> like the windows disks. Just some random questions. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: >>> <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >>> [<mailto:[email protected]>mailto:[email protected] >>> ] >>> On Behalf Of Brandon Misch >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:42 PM >>> To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Pricing on Snow Leopard >>> >>> >>> well, i'm sure the intel machines that use tiger will use leopard. >>> only power pc macs won't work. >>> >>> On Jun 16, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Brent Harding wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Wow, I like that they do the honor system with this. I hope people >>> don't start abusing it and buying it for Tiger machines, but most of >>> the stuff running Tiger probably won't support it anyways. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Scott Howell" <mailto:[email protected]><[email protected] >>>> >>> To: <mailto:[email protected]><[email protected] >>>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:08 AM >>> Subject: Re: Pricing on Snow Leopard >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> You should contact Apple and register the machine with them. I may >>> be >>> wrong on this since I have not purchased a machine in this way, but >>> when you install the OS, you register and that info is updated. You >>> could call Apple Care at (1-800) 275-2273 and see if you can >>> register >>> it in your name. Either way, I don't think it will make any >>> difference. Either way, I would not be concerned about this because >>> of course once you get your copy of Snow Leopard, you would be >>> registering it in your name and there is as far as I can recall no >>> proof of purchase required when purchasing the upgrade. >>> >>> On Jun 15, 2009, at 9:27 PM, Brent Harding wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Oh, I thought I heard that it gets to be a problem with ones sold >>> on >>> Ebay because the machine itself might be registered in someone >>> else's name. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> --Scott >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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