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Amazon Offers Discounted Mac OS X 10.2

Posted by pudge on Tuesday July 30, 2002 @02:43AM from the get-the-point-ha-ha-you-funny dept.

WCityMike writes "Apple's decision to offer no upgrade fee to existing Mac OS X users caused a great deal of unrest amidst Macintosh users, but Amazon may have made the argument a bit moot by offering a $50 mail-in rebate, thus bringing the price down to $79 for all users. Check out their listing for 10.2, or the mail-in rebate form. I wonder if, when Apple notices all its orders are coming in through Amazon, they'll get the point?"

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Re:Wow, no upgrade available? by Drakino · 2002-07-30 04:33 · Score: 3, Flamebait

MS has been charging for point releases for ages, they just hide it better:

Windows 95 - Windows 4.0
Windows 98 - Windows 4.1
Windows ME - Windows 4.9

Windows 2000 - NT 5.0
Windows XP - NT 5.1

OS 10.0 to 10.1 to 10.2 is no different. And 10.0 to 10.1 was free if you had a local store with the update discs, otherwise it was shipping costs from Apple.