10.2 prices

[Inline_guy]

Why didn't I have to pay for my upgrade in OS X? I bought it May. And it auto updated for free. Maybe I am missing something.... I love OS X though. I love my mac way more than my (now de-funked) windows machine.

I have a question. I hear that iBooks and iMacs are "consumer line." Does that mean that they are not powerful enough to do major things. I have a flat screen iMac with the superdrive. Will I be able to squeeze some great things out of it?

Matthew

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[benpoole]

Heheheheh, there's that fryke again, banging on about "Common Sense" (TM)

Have you seen his website?

[fryke]

benpoole: don't take me too seriously in everything.

but, of course, i'm right.

[edX]

well i've decided that fryke should pay $129 even if it is less. he seems so adament that it should cost that much.

(how many shares of apple do you own fryke? )

[fryke]

none, Ed, and I'm not proud of it.

Hmm... I might consider buying two licenses if they ARE in fact cheaper. :P

I'm just imagining the boo-ing of Steve if he comes up on stage at MWNY and announces the following 'big' news:

1) All iMacs (same machine as before) now ship with iMovie 3 preloaded.

2) The iBook SE is announced. 14" screen, 800 MHz G3, 200$ more expensive and just a new choice, all other models stay the same.

3) The all new PowerMacintosh G4 ("2-Bays") can now hold two harddisks *and* an optical drive. Speeds available: 933 MHz, 1.13 GHz and Dual Processor 1.2 GHz.

4) The PowerBook G4 DVI now includes a Bluetooth USB adaptor.

5) Jaguar will ship 'at the end of summer' at a retail price of 129$.

Oh, and one more thing:

6) Titanium Pod 15 GB for 999$, you now have the choice between three MP3 players from Apple. And the new 'TiPod' goes well with the TiBooks, although Bluetooth isn't a feature of the TiPod, though maybe someone could make a Firewire/BT bridge.

Wow, what a show that'd be, right? Wouldn't we all be happy again?

[fryke]

just noticed how 'TiPod' sounds a bit like 'teapot'.

[Koelling]

Why didn't I have to pay for my upgrade in OS X? I bought it May. And it auto updated for free. Maybe I am missing something....

I didn't want your question to go unanswered. You're updates are the little 0.0.1 releases which have new features and drivers but are not the "major releases" which we are talking about. If you got it in May you probably got X.1 on it (or maybe X.1.3 or 4) and then it updated to X.1.5.

If you got it a year ago in May, then it came with X. when X.1 came out could be upgraded for free if you lived near a certified apple resale store or for the price of shipping if not. That was X.1 and was in my opinion a major release but we got it for free. X.2 will cost money because they can't afford to give away this great software for free.

I feel like I over explained that yet I'm not sure if I got the point across. It's too late and I need sleep. I hope it's clear, if not private message me.

[Urbansory]

Well if i have to pay I'll feel very ripped off. I purchased 10.1.3 for my first go at Mac OS X, and I hope they won't try to squeeze more out of me. I didn't pay full price, due to the student discount at my college, but still, I think a low price of $20 sounds cool. That would give me a reason to drive from Clveland to the Columbus, OH Apple store to pick up my CD. The last time I was here i complained about X, I use it more and more everyday.