After Apple announced Snow Leopard during the Philnote, but then said they would only ship it in September, a lot of people decided to wait on buying the new MacBook Pros. After all, what's the point of buying something with software that will be outdated in a few months? Well, Apple must have realized that they would take a sales hit for the next few months, because they have announced their "Up-to-Date" program, to incentivize buying sooner rather than later.
Essentially, if you buy a Mac or Xserve (with Leopard and Leopard Server installed, respectively) between now and the Snow Leopard release date , you will qualify for a $9.95 upgrade to the new OS. That's an entire four burritos less than the upgrade price for everyone else, $29 ($1 Taco Bell burritos don't EVER count, by the way). This will be especially useful for students who want to take advantage of the current back-to-school offer, because hey, who doesn't want a free iPod touch.
So, will the 20 bucks change your mind about buying a Mac in the interim period before Snow Leopard? Were you going to buy (or did buy) a Mac anyway, because Snow Leopard was already going to be cheap? Or would you rather wait a few months and donate $10 to the homeless? (Yeah, you didn't think about it like that, did you?) Let us know in the comments.
blemon
June 15, 2009 at 7:51pm
I just got the new MacBook Pro last Friday and I love it. I have wanted the Pro for sometime and for once I hit the timing just right. Also got the free printer and iPod Touch. Really did well. I think the Snow Leopard update pricing is the best yet. I will only have to pay $10 vs the $100+ I've paid in the past for new OS updates.
EdmontonMacManiac
June 15, 2009 at 6:04pm
Im stilling slugging away on my 12inch powerbook g4 1.5ghz. Nehalem mobile (or whatever it is going to named) will a dramatic boost in power, it seems to be set for 4Q2009. So ill wait it out for another 6 months then gets the benefits of a snow leopard machine on the worlds soon to be fastest processor. I also hope we might even see a quad core version in a macbook pro, 8 logical core on a laptop, woot id pay a fortune for that and plan to.
boswellb
June 15, 2009 at 2:20pm
I bought my macbook in Feb this year. I've been wanting a macbook for years and I wanted to get one before I used the money for something else. So I'll be stuck paying the $29 for snow leopard when it comes out. I also missed out on the ipod touch offer. Thought in all I'm happy........ Just wish my USB devices wouldn't keep waking my machine up. I'm sure a patch will come out sooner or later.
Mman633
June 15, 2009 at 1:24pm
i'm still buying my 13 inch Macbook Pro in two weeks. I don't give a **** because i'm VERY IMPATIANT, and I can update to Snow Leporad for $10. End of Comment.
