Ok thanks Carlo, either way then $29 or $129 or even a bit more, it's a trivial consideration in a circa $3,000 total cost iMac 27" with upgrades. No point waiting then it seems unless anyone has any last comments on this?
Regards Pete... -----Original Message----- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of cm Sent: Monday, 21 February 2011 9:51 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Lion OSX Hi Peter, No one can say with certainty what the upgrade to Lion will cost. The upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard was just US$29. But that from Tiger to Leopard was, from memory, US$129. I have applied upgrades many times in past and they usually runs without a hitch. Some software and drivers may be fagged as not running under the new version of the OS but this was more a problem with programs that ran in Classic mode. So there are two schools of though on what the upgrade to Lion will cost. Some think that US$29 may be Apple's new price point for OS upgrades so as to keep their user base on the most recent version possible. Others think that the US$29 was a one off lower cost because Snow Leopard was billed as having few new features compared to Leopard -- in actuality there were enourmous changes under the hood including 64 bit. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-02-21, at 21:11, Peter Crisp wrote: > > Ok then, given that it might be September, what would a SL to Lion upgrade > likely cost me and is this a pretty seamless exercise to those who have done > OS upgrades in the past? > > Regards > > Pete... > > -----Original Message----- > From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf > Of Nicholas Pyers > Sent: Monday, 21 February 2011 9:03 PM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: Lion OSX > > > On 21/02/2011, at 11:35 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: >> Hi all, i am itching to get a 27" imac but patient enough to hold >> out for Lion to hit the stores. Does anyone have any inclination >> about when it is due? I gather June approx is likely but in typical >> Apple fashion it is a highly covert exercise up till the day it is >> released. Are there any hardware updates on the horizon for these >> machines too? I think the iMac was updated around 4-5 months ago (in >> a hardware sense) so it is unlikely to be physically updated prior >> to June. > > It won't be released to the consumers at WWDC (aka sometime early June) > It will be released to DEVELOPERS at that time so they have time to > test the new OS with their products and issue their own updates and > enhancements... > So, I personally suspect consumers will most likely get it around > September/October > >> I would be happy with Snow Leopard but not that urgent that I wont >> hang out for Lion. >> >> Regards >> >> Peter... > > > -- > Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@appleusers.org) > Founder & Publisher, AppleUsers.org > > http://www.appleusers.org/ > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3456 - Release Date: 02/20/11 > 19:34:00 > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3456 - Release Date: 02/20/11 19:34:00 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
