Lion Up-To-Date: Buy A New Mac Now, Get Lion Free Later

Why not any latest-gen hardware?

I knew this would happen if I bought my iMac on release day. Curses.

lol its $29 to upgrade.. if you purchased a $1500+ iMac I'm sure $29 wont break the bank.

By the registration date. I bought mine from Amazon and haven't registered it yet.

Incorrect. Apple tracks the purchase date. It doesn't have anything to do with registration. Whenever a authorized reseller sells an apple product, they report the purchase to apple, that way apple can properly track it for warranty purposes.

If you purchase it from a somebody that is not an authorized reseller, the purchase date is actually when that entity bought it from apple. This happens with a lot of school purchased computers (including bookstore purchases)

lol its $29 to upgrade.. if you purchased a $1500+ iMac I'm sure $29 wont break the bank.

Again, the point here is not ability to afford Lion. I could afford Lion even if it's priced $129. Of course anyone out there who has spend thousands $$$ for Mac would be able to spend "just" another $29.99 for OS upgrade.

But it's not about the price, it's about reward and generosity of Apple. Including Lion upgrade as free update for people who purchased Macs close to the launch date is sweet.

The serial number of your Mac contains the date of manufacture. The last two Mac OS X up-to-date programs used this serial number to verify the purchase.

http://guides.macrumors.com/Serial_Number

:)

Okay, you may be right. Serial number is a unique ID, with which Apple can determine mfg date, spec and all. But how if that particular Mac has not been sold to a customer until or after Lion release date?

Say the iMac actually manufactured on May 1st 2011, but sold and registered to customer on June 10th, which make the purchase eligible for free Lion. That customer still won't eligible for Up-To-Date program? You sure?

lol its $29 to upgrade.. if you purchased a $1500+ iMac I'm sure $29 wont break the bank.

I know. It's only $30 like everybody said. I also thankful the upgrade cost that cheap. But given a free $30 bonus with your $2000 purchase is always sweet. It's not about "$30 won't break your bank if you able to purchase $2000 Mac".. it's about being generous. I can afford Lion even if it's tagged $129 !! But that's not the point

Where to register for Up-To-Date program?

It is not yet available?

Yes. See also:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/

:)

But what about the Multi-Touch built into Lion?

Shouldn't we wait for the "Touch" enabled Macs to use that?

Guess they don't want to slow their hardware sales so they offer free upgrades to Lion later, but I dont see how anyone buying a current iMac will be able to use touch gestures without hardware designed for it.

Magic Trackpad.

Incorrect. Apple tracks the purchase date. It doesn't have anything to do with registration. Whenever a authorized reseller sells an apple product, they report the purchase to apple, that way apple can properly track it for warranty purposes.

If you purchase it from a somebody that is not an authorized reseller, the purchase date is actually when that entity bought it from apple. This happens with a lot of school purchased computers (including bookstore purchases)

Well I just registered today and it says it expires next year. So either your incorrect or I'm right.

Damn, I'm a week too early. How will they verify?

I knew this would happen if I bought my iMac on release day. Curses.