Why no upgrade prices for iWork / iLife 05 to 06?

[fryke]

totally wrong thread mdnky? (edit: just saw that you didn't only talk about the macbook, but about upgrade pricing, too... sorry.)

[hawki18]

I have to agree with a article I recently read about software for Mac's. It said that alot of companys do not write software because they are afraid if they spend all that time and money. Mac will bring out software like ilife and iworks so they tend to stay away for the mac side of software. So with little of no compition from 3rd parties they do not need to offer a upgrade price.

[dmetzcher]

Originally Posted by irg63

It's good to hear your feedback, it's just that especially as a long term subscriber to 'dotmac' it I find it really annoys me that they have introduced new stuff to iWork / iLife which means that I have to pay more to be able to profit from their improvements to something I've paid through the nose for for three years now... So, in essence my being able to fully use something else that I've been paying for is affected by my willingness to pay the as new price for it even though I've already paid for it twice in less than a year and a half

.Mac customers should get a discount, I think.

[fryke]

Or the other way 'round.

[dmetzcher]

Originally Posted by fryke

Or the other way 'round.

The other way around would be better, yes. $99 for a .Mac account is far too much for what is offered. A discount for .Mac when you buy iLife, which uses .Mac more than ever now, would be really nice.

[dmetzcher]

Originally Posted by hawki18

I have to agree with a article I recently read about software for Mac's. It said that alot of companys do not write software because they are afraid if they spend all that time and money. Mac will bring out software like ilife and iworks so they tend to stay away for the mac side of software. So with little of no compition from 3rd parties they do not need to offer a upgrade price.

They don't do upgrade pricing. It's that simple. Plus, as someone else stated, almost all purchases of iLife are upgrades, since you get a copy of it with a new Mac. In theory, the price should really be higher anyway, given the different components of iLife. What I would like to see is something where you can buy one or two of the apps, instead of all of them. iMovie and iDVD hardly interest me at all, but I love iPhoto, and GarageBand is looking nicer now.