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Mac OS X Leopard Upgrade Options

Tuesday October 16, 2007 9:40 am PDT by Arnold Kim
With today's announcement that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard would be available on Friday, October 26th at 6 p.m., Apple also released details of the Mac OS X Leopard Up to Date program and educational pricing.

- First, you can simply pre-order Leopard for $129 at the Apple Store for "free delivery on October 26th".
- If you purchased a qualifying Mac after October 1st, you can upgrade to Leopard for $9.95 (plus tax).
- Educational customers have found that the pricing for Leopard is much higher than for previous versions of Mac OS X. Education pricing comes in at $116.
- Amazon has been offering Leopard for preorder, for $20 off and adds a $20 rebate for the purchase of both Mac OS X Leopard and Parallels 3.0.
- Small Dog is offering Leopard for $10 off at $119.
- MacMall is offering a $20 mail in rebate for Leopard.

Note that Apple also offers Leopard Server and Leopard Family Pack ($199).

Update: According to the comments, Educational institution pricing is still $69, so individual universities may resell Leopard to students/faculty for this discounted price.
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Toadstool
57 months ago

Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor


G3 support died off faster than we thought! :rolleyes:
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miketcool
57 months ago
Damn those who abused educational pricing! I would love to see a poll on how many people got the discount and didnt qualify, we all know its a lot.
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mcarnes
57 months ago
I guess no more $69 for Edu. Oh well, Apple needed to fix that. Too many people took advantage of it (reselling on ebay, etc.).
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etjazz
57 months ago
I ordered an iMac on september 25th, but it wasn´t delivered until october 14th .... do I qualify for an upgrade?:o
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D3nZ
57 months ago
When will the computer with pre-installed Leopard be available? Now?? October 26th?? December 30th??
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Le Big Mac
57 months ago
Generous up-to-date program . . . 3.5 weeks before actual release.
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filmfanatic24
57 months ago

When will the computer with pre-installed Leopard be available? Now?? October 26th?? December 30th??


I'm wondering the same thing....
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rmapple
57 months ago
Suck for the educational pricing! That means I'll have to go hungry longer to afford Leopard :( Wasn't Steve a poor college student too?


Does anyone know if Apple employees get like free upgrade to Leopard or a bigger discount?
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minik
57 months ago

G3 support died off faster than we thought! :rolleyes:


That made sense. Vintage and obsolete products

I think that is great for those who just purchased new Macs. $9.95 shouldn't be an issue, right?

Educational pricing is kind of shock me since I work at a college. Even tho I will receive a free copy from the school, I still plan to wait in line on 10/26.

So Apple picked the MacBook on the main Leopard page, does that mean no facelift MacBook or updated model?
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jmsait19
57 months ago

I ordered an iMac on september 25th, but it wasn´t delivered until october 14th .... do I qualify for an upgrade?:o


I had this same issue when Panther came out. I ordered and my computer didn't arrive until 1 day after the announcement. Unfortunately I didn't call in and see if they could comp me. So I really don't have advise to offer except call in and give it a try.

Good Luck...
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