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Posted at 1:25 AM on Tuesday 08/25/09 by
Ben
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Apple Store has the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Upgrade Version available for Pre-Order for $29 with free shipping. Ships on 8/28. Features include: recovering 7GB of space, OpenCL, 64-bit support, Microsoft Exchange support and more.
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    DaPope - Posted 6:05 am PDT 08/25/09 (586 Posts)  Report Spam

    meow

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    durkzilla - Posted 6:32 am PDT 08/25/09 (773 Posts)  Report Spam

    If you're upgrading from 10.4 you'll need to get the MUCH more expensive Mac Box Set.

    Still, this is hopefully a good trend being set - OS upgrades for an upgrade price. Unlike some OS manufacturers, Apple seems interested in rewarding their customers.

    Or, you could go the Linux route and everything is free.

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    bunnie - Posted 6:47 am PDT 08/25/09 (342 Posts)  Report Spam

    I'll stick with 1411, it does everything I need and I don't have to buy a new apple.

    Let them make their money on someone else.

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    banderon - Posted 7:27 am PDT 08/25/09 (119 Posts)  Report Spam

    I love the new packaging, with it's clipart and everything. Apple is trying to be like Microsoft!

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    aliasfox - Posted 7:58 am PDT 08/25/09 (176 Posts)  Report Spam

    Intel Macs only - they removed the PPC code from the code base (that's how they recovered 7 GB). Probably not a big deal to anybody, given that even the last G5 was discontinued 3 yrs ago - in which case regular Leopard will still work perfectly fine on it.

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    Crash And Burn - Posted 8:09 am PDT 08/25/09 (3057 Posts)  Report Spam

    This is more like a service pack. That's why it goes from leopard to snow leopard. Same cat minor distinction. Doesn't add much you can see. More about performance improvements. Microsoft sucks but at least service packs are free. I wish Linux would get more traction..

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    speedywoody - Posted 9:47 am PDT 08/25/09 (244 Posts)  Report Spam

    the truth is somewhere in between. is it a service pack? no. is it a full upgrade like from vista to 7? not quite there either. but I do think based on the upgrades that were offered, $29 is not too much of a price to ask.

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    banderon - Posted 9:59 am PDT 08/25/09 (119 Posts)  Report Spam

    $29 is pocket change for Apple enthusiasts.

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