^^^I've always paid the same price for Mac OS X upgrades...this one is no different....i don't see the point of your bitching.

10/16/2007 2:27:38 PM

Quote :

"Instant Screen Sharing from the Finder Start an interactive screen sharing session with other Macs on your network. Just select the Mac from your sidebar and (if authorized) you can see and control the Mac as if you were right in front of it. Change a system preference, publish an iPhoto library, or add a new playlist to iTunes."

sweet. i hadn't seen this feature publicized yet.
Even though this can be accomplished in any number of other ways, it's aways nice to have it fully integrated and built right in.

10/16/2007 2:57:29 PM

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0710macbookrev.html

anybody seen any more recent news on a possible macbook update? i want to buy a macbook now that leopard is out

[Edited on October 16, 2007 at 3:32 PM. Reason : or, will be out soon, rather]

10/16/2007 3:31:58 PM

Just called the bookstore, they will be carrying it for $69.

10/16/2007 3:47:39 PM

Yeah, that's what we sell it for now.

Hope that price continues to stay true...

10/16/2007 3:51:18 PM

$129

So you guys really don't feel that they're insulting your intelligence?

[Edited on October 16, 2007 at 4:56 PM. Reason : /]

10/16/2007 4:56:04 PM

who, Apple?

10/16/2007 5:02:32 PM

...nevAr!

10/16/2007 5:06:15 PM

^^^No, I'd say that about updating to Vista.

10/16/2007 5:16:14 PM

^I would

10/16/2007 5:25:11 PM

so how long do you think it'll be before i can install Leopard on my dell?

10/16/2007 7:03:06 PM

2 weeks tops.

10/16/2007 7:10:47 PM

Quote :

"$129 So you guys really don't feel that they're insulting your intelligence?"

Considering three versions of Vista Upgrades have MSRP's higher than that... no.

Between family packs and student pricing (easily obtained by non-students) people shouldn't pay more than 69 by themselves, or about 30 a machine for groups of machines.

10/16/2007 9:31:37 PM

apple haters think that they're charging $129 for a service pack like M$. When infact a service pack is just a patch to fix all the bugs and what not. OS X new releases is more of an upgrade then XP to Vista

It's like Half-life to Half-life 2. Same awesome game with a whole new engine and graphics.

10/16/2007 10:04:46 PM

several good previews provided by appleinsider over the last week or two:

Preview 4.0
Finder 10.5
Dock 1.6
Spaces
Time Machine
Mail 3.0
iChat 4.0
Dictionary 2.0

Plenty of cool things in there to get excited about.

10/16/2007 10:19:03 PM

yeah, i've been really impressed with the thoroughness of appleinsider's road to leopard series. i didn't really read appleinsider before 2 weeks ago, now i've been looking forward to new stuff from them

10/16/2007 10:35:57 PM

I'm somewhat dismayed by the deleted material though...

Screw apple's external counsel.

10/16/2007 11:14:55 PM

Will the bookstore have Leopard on the 26th at the student price?

10/17/2007 6:54:25 PM

Depends on the rep and if Apple hates its education resellers as much as it starting to seem to. Last year they stayed open late and ordered a couple hundred copies of the upgrade, but nobody came. Hopefully if they do something like that this year, they'll advertise it better.

10/17/2007 7:49:35 PM

if i buy this will this work with my celeron d dell dimension 3000?

10/17/2007 7:53:28 PM

heh thought this was the office thread

[Edited on October 17, 2007 at 8:05 PM. Reason : ]

10/17/2007 7:55:02 PM

Looks like we will see Leopard for $69 at the bookstore if they decide to carry it:

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/18/leopard-education-pricing-update/

Apparently you can't get that student deal online, though.

10/18/2007 11:56:31 AM

Preview 4.0
Finder 10.5
Dock 1.6
Spaces
Time Machine
Mail 3.0
iChat 4.0
Dictionary 2.0


Two new ones:

iCal 3.0
Safari 3.0




Some random dude's 16 coolest new features that you didn't know about (so obviously he's not listing things like Time Machine or Spaces)

[Edited on October 18, 2007 at 7:36 PM. Reason : ]

10/18/2007 7:35:09 PM

also, Leopard Server looks really nice
http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/features/

looks like a killer wiki server is built in, a nice iChat server with screen sharing, and huge upgrades to the iCal server. iCal server is trying to take on Exchange

10/18/2007 8:26:21 PM

^^^ They will, they'll have it the 27th for that price (barring Apple deciding not to ship it to the bookstore on time.)

10/19/2007 10:31:49 AM

Awesome, I'm on it

10/19/2007 1:55:50 PM

three new ones from AppleInsider:

Parental Controls and Directory Services
Server: Collaborative Info Sharing Services
Dashboard, Spotlight, and the Desktop

10/23/2007 2:11:28 PM

So it's been leaked.

For those of you who don't like waiting and/or paying for stuff.

http://www.crn.com/software/202600839

10/23/2007 11:22:27 PM

10/24/2007 1:44:18 AM

This will be $69 at the bookstore.

Only a loser would pirate it.

10/24/2007 1:47:16 AM

i want it before it comes out though

if it's not done by friday, i'll go buy it

if it is done by friday, i'll go buy it anyway

i just want it now

10/24/2007 1:52:44 AM

ordered it yesterday, should be here friday

10/24/2007 6:36:43 AM

ordering it today should be here by Friday.

10/24/2007 9:02:58 AM

is there a way to order it online through the bookstore and have it arrive friday?

10/24/2007 9:35:58 AM

yeah, order it at full price from the apple store.

10/24/2007 9:39:01 AM

save $20 at amazon
$109 for 1 license
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Mac-Version-10-5-Leopard/dp/B000FK88JK/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-0378176-0684731?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1193234156&sr=1-1

$189 for 5-pack
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Version-Leopard-5-User-Family/dp/B000BR0NPO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-0378176-0684731?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1193234156&sr=1-2

10/24/2007 9:56:48 AM

so will this Arrive Friday too from Amazon? because thats one hell of a good deal. Free shipping as well.

10/24/2007 10:04:10 AM

i'm getting a 5-pack..... i might have 1 or 2 licenses left to sell for ~$40.

10/24/2007 10:07:06 AM

id buy one for $40

10/24/2007 10:09:32 AM

I ordered the 5 pack as well, splitting it with 4 other co-workers.

10/24/2007 10:34:21 AM

Quote :

"s there a way to order it online through the bookstore and have it arrive friday?"

Last year they stayed open an hour late since the street time was after the bookstore was scheduled to close. Only about 5 people actually showed up to the release event. Because of that, they're not staying open late to sell it.
They should be arriving friday, but the store will be closed before they're legally allowed to sell it.

Even were the item listed on the bookstore's online store (separate from the apple store) they still couldn't give it to you Friday because they'd be closed.

You can email randy_davis@ncsu.edu and have him reserve you a copy (provided they come in on time of course) and pick it up saturday morning. The bookstore will be open 10-4 saturday and if you can wait that extra 16 hours you can get it for 69 bucks.

[Edited on October 24, 2007 at 10:47 AM. Reason : ]

10/24/2007 10:46:30 AM

buying a Leopard license is only good for upgrading from Tiger, right? I can't buy a license from somebody for $40 and then buy a new macbook from apple without Leopard installed and save $129 off the price of the macbook, right?

10/24/2007 10:48:11 AM

The apple Leopard discs, like the Tiger discs before them, do not require a previously installed OS. They do however check to make sure the machine is an actual Apple machine that is able to run it. This means that if you screw up your drive or have it formatted, you don't have to reinstall OSX 10.whatever then install Leopard. You can just install Leopard.

Will apple sell you an OSless machine? Of course not- the cost of developing their OS software is amortized across the sales of future Mac hardware sales and not just upgrade sales.

[Edited on October 24, 2007 at 10:57 AM. Reason : spelling]

10/24/2007 10:55:03 AM

Quote :

"Good afternoon, We are only taking orders online. Our website is: http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/ncsubookstores/index.html Please note our shipment may be slightly delayed from Apple. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thank you, Randy Davis"

http://ncsu.collegestoreonline.com/ePOS?form=item.html&item=40000030631&store=432

10/24/2007 1:53:56 PM

Quote :

"buying a Leopard license is only good for upgrading from Tiger, right? I can't buy a license from somebody for $40 and then buy a new macbook from apple without Leopard installed and save $129 off the price of the macbook, right?"

several things wrong with those questions
1) The Leopard Install DVD contains the full OS. You can use it to upgrade from Tiger, or you can have it format the whole drive and do a fresh install
2) If you "buy a license" from someone, you still need to have the DVD. I am actually not sure how they determine the license usage, because at no point during the install are you asked to "Activate" the OS, like Windows does. I bought a 5-pack of iWork 08 and installed it on 3 machines so far, and none of them asked for activation. I assume that's happening in the background, and if I try to install it on a 6th machine I will get an error. Actually - i need to find out about that. I installed it on my Mac, then reinstalled Tiger a couple months ago, and reinstalled iWork 08. i need to find out if installing it twice on the same machine burned two licenses.....
3) you can't buy OSless machines from Apple. Any machine you buy from apple starting on Friday will have Leopard reinstalled on it. There's no way around that.

10/24/2007 2:05:16 PM

^no, it reports back home to apple, but it only sends your mac's serial number and stuff to them. they have no way of knowing if you've bought a license for it or not.

10/24/2007 2:12:49 PM

nice - that's a lot easier than Windows Activation, "if you upgrade more than 2 components it counts as a new computer" or whatever bullshit.

10/24/2007 2:45:16 PM

Quote :

"I ordered the 5 pack as well, splitting it with 4 other co-workers."

lol so you are going to pay $190 for software media with a void license?

10/24/2007 3:05:18 PM

what?

10/24/2007 3:59:19 PM

yayyy

Quote :

"Order Confirmation Only Thank you for shopping at NCSU Bookstores! This is a confirmation that your order has been electronically received. A final email including the order invoice with the adjusted total will be sent when your order is completed. Textbook Orders: Payment transaction will not be processed until the actual books are pulled. The total on this confirmation is only an estimate and will be adjusted according to the books actually received depending on the "Substitution Options" selected. Pick-up customers: For faster service, please bring a copy of the confirmation page. Your purchase information appears below. *********************************************************** -------------------------------- BILLING & SHIPPING INFORMATION -------------------------------- Billing Address: Evan M Kinney #### xxxxxxxxx xxxxx Raleigh, NC 27610 US Shipping Address: Evan Kinney PICKUP IN STORE , NC 27695-7224 US -------------------------------- ORDER DETAILS -------------------------------- Order #286xxxxx Date: 10/24/2007 10:59:25 AM Items purchased: 1 40000030631 Leopard OS X 10.5 $69.00 Notes: You have requested for your order to be prepared for pickup. *********************************************************** Again, this is only a confirmation that your order has been electronically received. Another email will be sent out when your order has been processed and is ready. *********************************************************** Thank you for shopping with us! NCSU Bookstores"

10/24/2007 4:28:14 PM