FYI - How to upgrade to OS X Leopard

[z-mac]

If you bought a Mac in October 2007, you are eligible for an upgrade to OS X Leopard:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/

[Dan Millar]

Hey, everyone with a G4 867Mhz or faster is eligible to upgrade! I think you're referring to the Mac Up-to-date program Apple introduced with the release of Leopard:

The standard Mac OS Up-To-Date upgrade package is available to all customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller on or after October 1, 2007 for a shipping and handling fee of $9.95 (CAN).

I'm sure somebody who bought their Mac September 30th will be suing... one million dollars in punitive damages would be fair, don't you think?

Dan

[z-mac]

Title changed above. The things that happen in the US culture of litigation don't surprise me anymore. :^)

I have heard that the PowerPC Macs will not have the use of all the new features in Leopard.

[Dan Millar]

Yes, it's true G4s and G5s will miss out on some new features - Boot Camp for one! I also noticed that both iWork and iLife have components that will not work on these machines either - caveat emptor! For example most of iLife works fine on any 500Mhz G4 or higher Mac, but not iMovie - you must have at least a Power Mac G5 (dual 2.0GHz or faster), or an iMac G5 (1.9GHz or faster). There are also features that will only look right with the right video cards - features are deprecated on older video cards - this affects Keynote. I'm sure we'll find out more as time goes on...

Dan