Yes the Snow Leopard upgrade was under $50, but don't expect that Lion will be that inexpensive. I have purchased every version of OS X and every other version of X was around $140. Snow Leopard was for the visual user mostly just a speed bump. They removed all support for PPC and optimized multi-proceoor support but did not make significant changes to the standard suite.
On the other hand there is some speculation that Lion will be distributed via the App Store and that would reduce distribution costs. Jonathan C. Cohn [email protected] On Apr 6, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: > the upgrade will probably be very cheap. the upgrade to snow leopard was £25 > here. > just keep checking apples site; you'll see when they appear. > ash > > On 06/04/2011 03:13, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: >> Speaking of lion, and the new sandy bridge macs that are supposed to be >> released soon. Is there a twitter feed, or mailing list available so you >> know when these products are about to hit the shelf? Also, if you buy a new >> mac in let's say June, that has snow leopard on it, does apple allow you to >> upgrade for free or a discount? Probably not. >> >> Are you married and a Christian? Do you want to improve or save your >> marriage? Then come join our family of Married Christian couples at >> http://groups.google.com/group/committed-married-christians >> It's for Husband's and Wives, packed with articles, resources, and >> discussions to help you with your lifelong unity with 1 another. I garentee >> you will not regret it, and your marriage will thank you! >> directly subscribe here: >> [email protected] >> Hope to see you there! >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bigboy529 >> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 4:33 AM >> To: MacVisionaries >> Subject: Re: General questions on mac mini >> >> I'll wait for lion because I'm anyway still saving up and it's not urgent. >> The reason for thinking a mini will be fine is because I'm currently running >> a pc with a 2.5 GHz dual core cpu and 2 GB ram and I'm recording fine. The >> mini can go up to 2.8 or 9 GHz dual core with >> 8 GB RAM, but please tell me what you guys think will I be fine with a mini? >> Another thing, is there something like 32 and 64 bit on a mac? >> would I be able to use 64 bit software designed for pc and mac and get the >> most from it on a mini? >> >> Frank Carmickle wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> On Apr 4, 2011, at 3:42 PM, bigboy529 wrote: >>> >>>> I'll be using it for professional audio recordings with pro >>>> recording software like logic, pro tools, cubase or neuendo. I'll be >>>> using a external firewire sound card. I thought the 2.9 GHz dual >>>> core with 8 GB ram would do fine but thanks for the tip I'll rather >>>> save up and get a mac book pro, a imac or if I win the lotto a power mac >> lol... >>> I think this set up will be fine to get you started. A drive just for >> audio will allow you to avoid headaches. Make sure that it is a firewire >> 800 drive with firewire pass through. You always want to plug your >> harddrive in first and then your audio interface. Also you want the drive >> to be 7200 rpm. >>> HTH >>> --FC >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
