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.
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corybohon
August 03, 2009 at 3:33pm
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.
Susie Ochs
August 03, 2009 at 3:17pm
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.
MacAddict4Life
August 03, 2009 at 6:58pm
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.
corybohon
August 04, 2009 at 11:43am
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.
Argelius
August 03, 2009 at 12:38pm
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...
mattc986
August 03, 2009 at 12:03am
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.
