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Web report: OS X to be available for free?

updated 10:45 am EDT, Fri September 14, 2001

 
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A report on the Web claims to confirm that "at least some Mac dealers will be handing out free 10.1 update CDs," following a hint in a Walt Mossberg's Wall Street Journal column: "People who currently use OS X can get the 10.1 upgrade free on CDs that will be available in some stores." The report of "free" availability has been corroborated by another (unconfirmed) tip from a European reader: "I just called up a major online store in Germany that primarily sells Apple stuff, to order the latest iBook. When I asked the salesperson about Puma [OS 10.1] he told me that Apple/Germany had just assured them that the Puma update will be available for free download." Meanwhile, one reader reports receiving a "pretty firm date" of September 26 as the release date of the new OS.


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    I surely hope so...

    I hope they let users download an update, even if it is huge. I know I have the bandwidth to handle it here at school. Besides which, with the current state of air service in the nation right now, shipping channels are bound to be clogged and it might be better for Apple to just buy more bandwidth so people can get the thing in a reasonable amount of time.

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    •,•

    Hopefully these free CDs will be available at your local Apple Store.
    I'll call around and find out.

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    unless

    There are no local apple stores (i.e. in every country other than America).

    Will have to call the local reseller and see if they've heard anything about 10.1 being shipped to them upon its release

  1. ddukes

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    09/14, 01:49pm | report spam | Reply |

    think about it

    They may still have the update for $19.95 through the Apple Store but if they were only going to offer it by the online store, pre-orders would have already taken place. It's a little late now to start taking "pre-orders" so that people have it on the announce date.

    My guess is that it's likely Mac fans will be able to obtain the update from a number of free sources.

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    No Free Download

    The German reseller had it wrong.

    There will be NO FREE DOWNLOAD!

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    Re: No Free Download

    Relax, man! Don't jump over the conclusion. Apple hasn't announced anything and you shouldn't say anything unless they announced something soon. Remember that German and US is different in apple's strategy. Maybe you should move to US

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    why no free download?

    is that so shocking that it would be free? damn, steve himself said it would be a free download in new york . . how soon we forget.

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    It is not the money

    I don't mind paying the $20. It is the loooong shipping wait that bugs me.

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    Re: It is not the money

    same here. after spending so much on a computer $20 doesn't bug me that much.

    but, i can't stand having to get out of town and waste an afternoon to get it.

    if people are on modem, they won't download it, but i have dsl, so it's faster for me to download than go at the store

  1. dtrots007

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    Preorder

    You would think with a major OS update they would offer a preorder at least a week in advance but I haven't seen any.

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