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Amazon Offers Discounted Mac OS X 10.2
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?"
The rest of us will have to pay full price :-(
If you bought it 5 days ago and Apple won't give you a free upgrade, return it to the place you bought it from for a refund. If they're smart, they'll just accept the return on paper, and resell you the same Mac--except that having bought it today, you'll now qualify for the free upgrade.
CEE5210S The signal SIGHUP was received.
If you use the current Amazon $5-off coupon, the net price comes down to $74. The promotion code is CHNKBKAMZNLT.
I'd not get extremely worked up over SpyMac's website. In my experience, they are perhaps the most inaccurate and outlandish of the Mac rumor sites. Or hadn't you heard of the "iWalk" fiasco? :-)
Can't you see that everyone is buying station wagons?
If you visit the web page of the Apple subsiduary that covers the country where you bought the Mac and look at the Mac OS X Jaguar hype pages you will see a link to the up-to-date programs.
If you bought your mac in Spain for example you can download upgrade info from this link:
http://www.apple.com/es/macosx/uptodate/
However, it must be noted that all the updates are processed in Ireland.
Still. I don't qualify for the update and won't be buying from Amazon unless they extend their offer beyond the US. The end result is that me and a whole lot more from Europe are going to steer well clear of Jaguar until Apple sees some sense.
Most of us have to pay around 16% sales tax.
Apple ALWAYS prices it products higher for Europe (there's a petition online for Apple to come clean on this policy).
If Apple wants to improve revenues in Europe it knows what it has to do.
change preferences, close all finer windows, log out, log back in. problem solved.some of my folders have orange backgrounds, some have blue backgrounds, because that's how i color code some things. try looking up your problem on the net; you're bound to find a solution or two there
moox. for a new generation.
From MacMinute: "Overwhelming demand caused Amazon.com to retract its $50 rebate for Mac OS X 10.2. Amazon.com caught the attention of the Mac community earlier this week when it rolled out the exclusive rebate, but pulled it yesterday afternoon without notice. 'Customer response exceeded our wildest expectations so we're not continuing the rebate at this time,' Ling Hong, an Amazon.com spokesperson told MacMinute. 'But obviously all the pre-orders that we received during the time that the rebate offer was posted on our site will be honored.' Hong said all orders place up until 7:00 pm PDT yesterday will be eligible."