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post #1 of 17
4/28/05 at 12:53am
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I purchased an apple about a month ago with panther installed. Does anyone happen to know if apple lets users who recently purchased an apple upgrade operating systems without paying the full price for the new os "tiger."?
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post #2 of 17
4/28/05 at 3:14am
Hmmm, maybe you should just talk to Apple's Customer Service and ask that question.
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post #3 of 17
4/28/05 at 3:24am
yeah but you had to buy your computer on or after april 12th then you have to pay $10 shipping. but if you order a machine starting friday, then you get it totally free. so yeah it sucks i've had mine for a month and i won't get it cheap either, oh well i guess.
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post #4 of 17
4/28/05 at 3:25am
I believe that if you purchase an apple after April 12th, 2005 you can purchase OS-X tiger for $9.95.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/

I just purchased a powerbook myself, via Amazon.com, after the 12th so I will definitely get the upgrade. If you purchased before this date...you may want to call and ask....

good luck
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post #5 of 17
4/28/05 at 4:01am
look @ post above.
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post #6 of 17
4/28/05 at 4:08am
if u can't get it on the super cheap, i believe the best options are to get a copy using a student discount if possible @ $69 from apple, or to pick a copy up from amazon which has a $35 dollar discount going on the $130 price, w/ free shipping so $95 all together.
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post #7 of 17
5/1/05 at 1:55am
I've got an unopened Tiger upgrade disk that I'll part with for $40.00. I ordered it 2 weeks ago, then bought a new Powerbook yesterday. Now, I have 2!
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post #8 of 17
5/1/05 at 9:29am
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Originally Posted by pabelico
I've got an unopened Tiger upgrade disk that I'll part with for $40.00. I ordered it 2 weeks ago, then bought a new Powerbook yesterday. Now, I have 2!
So one is the full Tiger retail version and the other a Tiger upgrade disc?
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post #9 of 17
5/1/05 at 2:35pm
No, they are both upgrade disks. But you can do a clean install from them. That's what I did with my new Powerbook. As soon as I got it home, I powered it up and installed Tiger clean using the "erase and install" option. However, you do need to have 10.3 installed already on the hardrive (which I'm sure you do) before you can do it. I think the only difference between the retail and upgrade disks is the ability to install to a brand new hardrive with nothing on it, but I guess you could just install 10.X that came with your computer, then use the "erase and install" option from the upgrade disk.
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post #10 of 17
5/1/05 at 4:06pm
Apple doesn't offer upgrade disks except, I believe, for the people who ordered a computer just before the release of the OS. Disks that come with a new Mac will only work on that model of Mac, however.
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post #11 of 17
5/3/05 at 10:52am
Just checked the apple.com site this morning and found they are now offering Powerbooks with Tiger. Didn't take them long to implement this change to their entire product line. Now both G5 desktop lines will include Tiger as well as both lines of notebooks.

But it is a good gesture on Apple's part to offer new owners of Powerbooks the chance to upgrade to Tiger for only $9.95 US (if they had purchased their computers on or after April 12th.

Has any one run into any hiccups installing Tiger over Panther? Curious...

Any way, now I won't have to worry about whether I'd get Tiger with a Powerbook. Just need to decide whether I'm going with a 17" Powerbook or a Dell XPS...or to save some more money and get an Acer Travelmate 8104. Decisions, decisions....

Back to work. Cya!
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post #12 of 17
5/3/05 at 12:20pm
i say go with the powerbook. but what do you expect me to say in the apple forums?
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post #13 of 17
5/3/05 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by DarkDTSHD
Any way, now I won't have to worry about whether I'd get Tiger with a Powerbook. Just need to decide whether I'm going with a 17" Powerbook or a Dell XPS...or to save some more money and get an Acer Travelmate 8104. Decisions, decisions....

Back to work. Cya!
if you plan on playing games get the Dell, else get the Powerbook to be productive
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post #14 of 17
5/3/05 at 2:49pm
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Originally Posted by Xarthan
if you plan on playing games get the Dell, else get the Powerbook to be productive
That's actually was sort of my thinking. Pickup a Powerbook for "everything else" and use my Dell 8400 for gaming (if I get into gaming again...I own a Xbox...haven't bought a new game since late 2003...heh...).

Seems to me the hardware/software designers for Apple products have always shown a lot of intelligence in innovation. Coupled with simplicity. More so than those in the PC camp. Those in the Apple development camp only need to ramp on on the gaming side of things.

I read that the Mac verison of Doom 3 is a dumbed down version. Not sure how much truth there is to that. Though, I wouldn't be surprised if it were, as I have read that about other PC games ported to the Mac platform.

So, in the end, being that I'm not a gamer (at the moment), then the likely choice would be to go with a 17" Powerbook. But, at the same time, I haven't ruled out a Dell XPS (better "bang for the $" hardware wise). I would be picking up an Apple Powerbook mainly for the design of the Mac OS and associated apps.

Time to do more research and thinking...now, time to get back to work. Later guys!
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post #15 of 17
5/3/05 at 3:06pm
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Originally Posted by Xarthan
if you plan on playing games get the Dell, else get the Powerbook to be productive
and if u would plan on getting an XPS, i'd recommend just buying a desktop...that or if u have a sweet rig, get a 24" Dell widescreen monitor. why? don't game on a laptop as your primary rig, unless the idea of gaming on a 17" monitor or cramming in 1600x1050pixels+ into a 17" monitor appeals to u. i know it's got a sweet video card available for it, but man, if i have to watch it on a subpar screen size it's not worth it imo, unless it's just a temporary system till i get back to my desktop.
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post #16 of 17
5/3/05 at 11:40pm
Mac version of Doom 3 is exactly the same as the PC version. It suffers from performance issues, however, due to the architecture of the Macintosh.
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post #17 of 17
5/4/05 at 12:58am
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Originally Posted by triadone
and if u would plan on getting an XPS, i'd recommend just buying a desktop...that or if u have a sweet rig, get a 24" Dell widescreen monitor. why? don't game on a laptop as your primary rig, unless the idea of gaming on a 17" monitor or cramming in 1600x1050pixels+ into a 17" monitor appeals to u. i know it's got a sweet video card available for it, but man, if i have to watch it on a subpar screen size it's not worth it imo, unless it's just a temporary system till i get back to my desktop.
yes, get a laptop for games if you only plan on carrying it around or can't afford to buy a laptop + desktop
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