I think it is. He got it in two thousand seven. On Jun 22, 2009, at 12:09 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote:
> > 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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