Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-to-Date Programme

[Will_3rd]

Anyone else given this a try yet? Just ordered a copy of Snow Leopard for £7.95 using my Dad's MacBook which he purchased last week.

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

 

[yashiro]

Cheaper than I expected. I'm shocked it's not using the old $=£ technique.

 

[Skully]

Bit rubbish that it is only from 08/06/09 and the MacBook I bought a few months before isn't included! .

 

[Feek]

Bit rubbish that it is only from 08/06/09 and the MacBook I bought a few months before isn't included! .

Really? You don't think that $29 is cheap enough? I thought you bought your Macbook just as the Unibodies were announced back last year, you can't expect the Up-to-Date programme to go back that far, surely, shirley.

 

[jamief]

Bit rubbish that it is only from 08/06/09 and the MacBook I bought a few months before isn't included! .

It's perfectly fair - you can't expect them to go back further than this. Plus, it's only $29 when it does come out!

 

[Spyhop]

Ordered. It had better be a standard full-install-able DVD and not some whack-ass upgrade-only deal.

 

[Feek]

Ordered. It had better be a standard full-install-able DVD and not some whack-ass upgrade-only deal.

I don't see why it would be anything other than an upgrade, but perhaps that's just me.

/edit - Hmm, I've thought about it and perhaps it would be a full version rather than an upgrade. I'm going to sit on the fence for this one.

 

[FreeStream]

It will be a DVD that will enable you to do a FULL INSTALL given that:

You already have 10.5 OR 10.6 installed.

IF you have a new, wiped HD in a laptop then you will have to install 10.5 first.

If you have a new HD in a Mac Pro/iMac then it should detect the old installation on a different hard disk.

Thats how the 10.5 up-to-date disk worked, as I have one for my Macbook Pro.

 

[Skully]

£30? In that case I don't care! Didn't even realise my MacBook was that old either, ignore me! Haha.


Feek is gay.

 

[jamief]

£30? In that case I don't care! Didn't even realise my MacBook was that old either, ignore me! Haha.


Feek is gay.

$29

 

[Skully]

So you reckon we'll pay £17.80 for Snow Leopard...?

 

[Deleted member 651465]

It will be a DVD that will enable you to do a FULL INSTALL given that:

You already have 10.5 OR 10.6 installed.

IF you have a new, wiped HD in a laptop then you will have to install 10.5 first.

If you have a new HD in a Mac Pro/iMac then it should detect the old installation on a different hard disk.

Thats how the 10.5 up-to-date disk worked, as I have one for my Macbook Pro.

I too confirm this is how it works.

 

[Feek]

So you reckon we'll pay £17.80 for Snow Leopard...?

I reckon (hope) it'll be about twenty quid, but I'll probably buy the family pack anyway.

Feek is gay.

Cuddle?

 

[jamief]

So you reckon we'll pay £17.80 for Snow Leopard...?

£19.99 most likely.

 

[Spyhop]

It will be a DVD that will enable you to do a FULL INSTALL given that:

You already have 10.5 OR 10.6 installed.

IF you have a new, wiped HD in a laptop then you will have to install 10.5 first.

If you have a new HD in a Mac Pro/iMac then it should detect the old installation on a different hard disk.

Thats how the 10.5 up-to-date disk worked, as I have one for my Macbook Pro.

I too confirm this is how it works.

Thanks - that's good enough. A little hassle, but at least you can do a clean install.

It'd be nice if it could use your computer's Model Identifier string as a fast-track to skip that step.