Hi Peter, <http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iMac>
Product iMac Recommendation: Buy only if you need it - Approaching the end of a cycle Last Release July 27, 2010 Days Since Update 209 (Avg = 226) Recent Rumors 01/31: Intel Announces Setback in Production of Chipsets Destined for iMac and MacBook Pro Revisions [Updated] 12/15: iMac and MacBook Pro Upgrades in First Half of 2011? Sent from Ronni's iPad On 21/02/2011, at 10:31 PM, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > 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> > -- 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>
