Amazon.com Offers Up Snow Leopard Pre-Orders

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Amazon.com Offers Up Snow Leopard Pre-Orders

Posted 08/02/2009 at 6:20:24pm | by Cory Bohon

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard is almost ready to pounce on a Mac near you, but the first store offering pre-orders for the new OS isn't in fact Apple, but rather Amazon.com. You can now pre-order several different flavors of Snow Leopard straight from the online store. They currently offer pre-orders for:

- Mac OS X Snow Leopard (single-user) for $29

- Mac OS X Snow Leopard (family pack) for $49

- Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server for $499

- Mac Box Set with Snow Leopard for $169

- Mac Box Set with Snow Leopard (5-user) for $229

... and we mock Microsoft for offering up seven different versions of Windows. Unfortunately there is no estimated date for shipping, but Apple has already said the product will be released in September. Amazon notes that this product will only work on Intel-based Macs, and only if you're upgrading from Leopard. They note that Tiger and previous users will need to purchase the Mac Box Set in order to get Snow Leopard.

COMMENTS: 7

TAGS: Amazon, Snow Leopard, OS X, Pre-orders

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Submitted by mattc986 on Sun, 2009-08-02 23:03

yeah we mock microsoft for 7 flavors of Vista...but that's because each version had different feature sets enabled based on what you "needed". This is just a licensing issue, and the server is almost really a different piece of software. Each version of Snow Leopard will have all the same functioning features. Just saying.

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Why preorder from Amazon?
Submitted by Argelius on Mon, 2009-08-03 11:38

I'm just wondering why I would want to preorder from Amazon rather than just wait for Apple to make the announcement. I always find that whenever I order software directly from Apple, it comes REALLY fast with free shipping...

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No regular Snow Leopard SKU for Tiger users?
Submitted by Susie Ochs on Mon, 2009-08-03 14:17

Apple's been clear that current Leopard owners can upgrade to Snow Leopard for $29. Intel Macs currently running Tiger can upgrade to Snow Leopard, but for $169. Yes, that includes iLife '09 and iWork '09 as well as Snow Leopard. But Apple hasn't been clear (yet) as to whether the Box Set is the ONLY option for Tiger users on Intel machines to get Snow Leopard. It would be a bummer if Apple didn't sell a $129 Snow Leopard SKU to those users. Not that I don't think iLife and iWork are worth the extra $40, I just hate forced bundling.
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Do iWork '09 and iLife '09
Submitted by MacAddict4Life on Mon, 2009-08-03 17:58

Do iWork '09 and iLife '09 require Leopard? If not, Tiger users may have upgraded those to '09 already, and making them buy software over again is bogus nonsense.

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iLife & iWork '09
Submitted by corybohon on Tue, 2009-08-04 10:43

iLife and iWork '09 DO require Leopard to work. That's why Apple created the Mac Box bundle to give users the ability to get the new software and the new operating system at a lower price.
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Re: No regular Snow Leopard SKU for Tiger users?
Submitted by corybohon on Mon, 2009-08-03 14:33

I hope that Apple does allow Tiger users the ability to upgrade for $129... especially since they've offered that single-user price for a while now.
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