Mac OS X forum: Should I have to pay for Tiger for an iBook I got in Feb?

If you contacted Apple they could answer this question definitively. There is usually a period that customers who purchased an new machine are offered the new OS for a very small price. I have seen it mentioned at $20 and also at $10.
The real skinny is this: If you purchased a Mac on, or after, April 12th 2005, you will be eligible for the Up-to-Date program. The cost of Tiger will be $9.95
Full details here http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/ but from what you say, you may have "missed the boat"

Hope this helps

P

You can go to http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/ to check the requirements for a free upgrade, but it doesn't look good for you. It appears that only computers purchased on or after 4/12 are candidates. Good luck, though.

I sent an email to Apple on Sunday April 24th to inquire about any discounts on Tiger OS for recent purchasers of their computers (Feb 3rd,2005 is when I ordered it)...haven't received a response back yet. They are probably busy right now but I will fire off another one tomorrow if I dont hear from Apple by then.

I want it on record that I am not being a whiner (well, maby a little) about this OS change after my purchase in february...its just frustrating considering I could have waited 9 weeks and been entitled to the new OS (it took me 6 months to decide to go back to mac anyway). Apple has a great product but they nickle and dime you...for instance, why is there a $100 difference between the service plan for a Powerbook versus an iBook when you look at comparably equiped models? The only difference I saw was bus speed and ram on the video card on models with the same size screen. sorry...too much coffee this morning and people are staring.

By the way, their sight states any purchase made on April 12th or later of a mac that did not ship with Tiger qualifies for a cd priced at $9.99...I imagine that covers the cost of printing and shipping

Grimgraphix

I got an unsolicited advert for Tiger from apple on one of my email accounts (the one I sent the original inquiry from)...since I have 3 out of 4 email addresses that are registered with apple and the other 2 did not get the advert, I can only assume that this was apple's response to my request for a price break on the upgrade (considering my recent purchase of their product, I thought I might get a discount).

I pretty much expected to be told I was out of luck but it would have been cool on apple's part to give me a personalized response...I mean considering the fact that they only have 1 out of every 33 computer users using their product you think they could have found the time, right?

grimgraphix

I bought my mac on april 6th . Do I qualify or am I SOL.

Apple has a Program called up-to date that allow recent purchasers of new Mac to update their software free of charge. Contact Apple Now!

Hi Peter,

I did find amongst the disks a form with 4 coupons as proof of purchase. I am not sure how they work or what kind of discount they give.

I wonder if anyone has had experience with the discounts here in the USA?

Thank you,

Larry Winward

Ths offer only applies to macs bought on or after April 12. To get the full details go to http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/. Look for a little gray box that has the words Media Exchange Program. Click on the little pdf lnk and it will download a copy of the page you must fill out. Print out the page and mail it to the snail mail addy on the page. The instructions on what to do will on the page.http://reviews.cnet.com/5224-6126-0.html#