... was as simple as sticking in the disc and choosing "archive and install".
Apple, in the past, has charged $129.99 for the new OS... if you can get a school discount it is around 80 bucks. Apple doesn't play the OS / OS pro / OS super pro game that Microsoft does. They give you the full strength upgrade for one low price.
2 years ago, I bought an iBook with Panther installed... 40 days later the released Tiger. Because I had not purchased my new computer within 30 days of the new OS release, I did not qualify for free, or even discounted, upgrade. It was a frustrating experience.
Considering Apple may (no Guarantee) release there new OS in April... I would wait till they announce a release date and purchase within that 30 day free upgrade period. It would be likely that you would also get the new iLife 07 suite that will probably be released around the same time.
It's not that much longer to wait... and in the mean time, you can save more money for extra RAM, hard drive. etc. The upgrade in OS and iLife will be worth it.
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So recently I decided that I would be buying a new MacBook for college. But is it worth the wait for Leopard in the spring, or should I just buy it now and upgrade when the time comes? (lets just say the machine i'm on now is a little outdated) I hear it is really easy to upgrade the OS on a Mac without messing arpund with clean install and the stuff you sometimes had to mess with on the Windows OS. But have Mac OS upgrades been expensive in the past? Also, with the BootCamp that comes with it, is it for XP or for Vista?
Thank you very much in advance,
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