loonymonkey Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Does Apple offer a upgrade coupon like Microsoft did with Vista? I plan on buying a Macbook soon, but wondering if I should hold out until Leopard comes out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44565-does-apple-offer-a-upgrade-coupon-on-current-purchases/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 No, I never saw something like that. The only things I vaguely remember is that they offered nice prices on the extras like extra RAM. But maybe someone catched a good deal on Black Fridays. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44565-does-apple-offer-a-upgrade-coupon-on-current-purchases/#findComment-319146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.manatane Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 If I remember well, when tiger was out, there was a reduction for all of those who bought a mac three month before. Tiger was sold for 29$. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44565-does-apple-offer-a-upgrade-coupon-on-current-purchases/#findComment-319155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLux Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 If I remember well, when tiger was out, there was a reduction for all of those who bought a mac three month before. Tiger was sold for 29$. It was not three months. All Macs sold between the announce of the shipping date of Tiger and the serial-install had a reduction. So it was ~1 month long. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44565-does-apple-offer-a-upgrade-coupon-on-current-purchases/#findComment-319198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookmark Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Yup, once they announce the shipping date, and you buy a Mac before it's released, you can get it for $30. Until then, it's full price. Wait until Apple announces what the deal is with Leopard if you want to avoid that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44565-does-apple-offer-a-upgrade-coupon-on-current-purchases/#findComment-319310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 It was not three months. All Macs sold between the announce of the shipping date of Tiger and the serial-install had a reduction. So it was ~1 month long. Well I mean years ago, when the first PowerBooks appear, then the G3 PowerBooks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44565-does-apple-offer-a-upgrade-coupon-on-current-purchases/#findComment-319507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLux Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Well I mean years ago, when the first PowerBooks appear, then the G3 PowerBooks. Apple politic has changed over the years... It's not really interesting talking about 10.1, which was free for all the buyers of 10.0 (free...just what's needed to send it to you...) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44565-does-apple-offer-a-upgrade-coupon-on-current-purchases/#findComment-319978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartboy919 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 (edited) Yes, they have an upgrade version its called bittorent! Edited March 9, 2007 by Bartboy919 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44565-does-apple-offer-a-upgrade-coupon-on-current-purchases/#findComment-320095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.manatane Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Coming from a windows user, I am not surprised ... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44565-does-apple-offer-a-upgrade-coupon-on-current-purchases/#findComment-320126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Fogge Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 10.1 was free because it directly addressed many performance and stability issues that plagued the OS. Rather than deal with people's negative conotations of 10.0, they released the update as 10.1 along with a few additional applications to cement in people's minds that this is entirely new and different. All those old problems are now gone. In truth, it should have been a "dot" release as is done now with performance and stability issues. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44565-does-apple-offer-a-upgrade-coupon-on-current-purchases/#findComment-320187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLux Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 10.1 was free because it directly addressed many performance and stability issues that plagued the OS.Rather than deal with people's negative conotations of 10.0, they released the update as 10.1 along with a few additional applications to cement in people's minds that this is entirely new and different. All those old problems are now gone. In truth, it should have been a "dot" release as is done now with performance and stability issues. In my mind, I understood 10.1, just as 9.1 : a dot release, not a new version. Apple didn't advertise that as a new version. With 10.2, the logic behind the versioning of OS X changed. Thus 10.2 also came with a new X. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44565-does-apple-offer-a-upgrade-coupon-on-current-purchases/#findComment-320212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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