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.Mac for $20 off?

Monday August 13, 2007 6:58 am PDT by Arnold Kim
cowm007 let us know that he found that Amazon is offering the "old" version of .Mac for almost $20 off, while the "new" version of .Mac is about $5 off.

Since the .Mac box simply contains a pre-paid activation code for one year of .Mac service, it seems likely that the "old" version of the .Mac retail box should be the same as the new one, and cheaper.
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Twinkie
59 months ago
Amazon usually charges $79 for .Mac -- so if nothing else, this shows that they've (at least, temporarily) raised the price.
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danny_w
59 months ago
The best place for family packs is eBay. I just bought a 4.0 family pack from megawatts for $90 (plus $10 shipping). Compare this $100 to Apple's $179 plus tax.
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grovey
59 months ago
Hi:

For the amazon keys, or the eBay keys, are they giving full access to .Mac 5.0, as in the one with 10 GB of online storage, etc., or is Apple only giving you an older .Mac with 1 GB, etc.

Can someone who has bought the older 4.0 keys please confirm this?

Thanks very much
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kingtj
59 months ago
Apple offered the additional storage space to existing .Mac users as a free upgrade, across the board. At worst, you might sign on with an old 4.0 package and initally only get the 1GB of space, but Apple would then send you an email notice that you were being upgraded for free - and it would be changed to the 10GB.....


Hi:

For the amazon keys, or the eBay keys, are they giving full access to .Mac 5.0, as in the one with 10 GB of online storage, etc., or is Apple only giving you an older .Mac with 1 GB, etc.

Can someone who has bought the older 4.0 keys please confirm this?

Thanks very much

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danny_w
59 months ago

Hi:

For the amazon keys, or the eBay keys, are they giving full access to .Mac 5.0, as in the one with 10 GB of online storage, etc., or is Apple only giving you an older .Mac with 1 GB, etc.

Can someone who has bought the older 4.0 keys please confirm this?

Thanks very much

I had a .mac trial account with 50MB storage and bought a .mac 4.0 package family pack from eBay. When I activated it immediately showed the master account with 10GB and the sub accounts with 2.5GB. And it was only $100 and arrived in 2 days! I would highly recommend megawatts.
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kbmb
59 months ago
From those links provided, the 4.0 version is sold by Amazon and is $79.99. The 5.0 version is sold by J&R Music World and you have to click the price to see it. When I click the price...it is also $79.99.

Not sure if it's region specific.

-Kevin
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Xenious
59 months ago
.mac version is really irrelevant. Since it is a subscription service once you are in a valid subscription all services are included (including any new ones).
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grovey
59 months ago
in that case, go to pricegrabber and search for MA362Z/A, the product code for family pack. Compuweb is selling it for 80 plus shipping
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mproud
59 months ago
Buy a new Mac, save $30 off .mac (so it'd be $69.95).
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JW008
59 months ago
Has anyone bought the 4.0 version off Amazon and seen if it really does give you the 5.0 version? I know logically it makes sense that it would, but just wanted to see if anyone has actually tried it and can confirm it 100% for sure.

I've got 14 more days to renew...
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