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How much you all think Apple is going to charge for OS lion upgrade?
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$49 Upgrade version
$99 iLife 11 + Lion Bundle
Apple said that the reason Snow Leopard was cheap was because it the changes were not as major as a normal OS. Hence the name Snow Leopard includes the name as the previous one. Lion is going to be fairly big I think. They haven't even announce a tenth of what they have planned I think, there are plenty of major features they have not announced.
$99 iLife 11 + Lion Bundle
Apple said that the reason Snow Leopard was cheap was because it the changes were not as major as a normal OS. Hence the name Snow Leopard includes the name as the previous one. Lion is going to be fairly big I think. They haven't even announce a tenth of what they have planned I think, there are plenty of major features they have not announced.
I haven feeling that it won't be $29. instead, I think it'll be in-between $29 and $129, something like $79.
I predict that they won't be as generous with the cheap price anymore.. but personally I don't see much of an upgrade here so far. The App-Store Application will be available, as for iLife '11 with is already available. I know it's still a developing project... but they're going to have to be a little understanding here. The $30 disk was truly awesome, I upgraded recently from Tiger, and I'm extremely happy. If it's under $50, I'd be happy to upgrade.
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Upgrade will be the price of a new computer. No support for older models. Ok not really but it feels that way sometimes...
Upgrade will be the price of a new computer. No support for older models. Ok not really but it feels that way sometimes...
I have got to agree with this
remove the superdrive to save money , install the OS on a WORM chip ( Write Once Read Many ) so it cannot be updated hence you want the latest and greatest OS you have to buy a new piece of hard ware
I'm thinking Apple wants to get this to the masses. Lion represents the closed loop between iOS and Mac OSX. "Back to the Mac," "iPad hooks up with MBP," "multi-touch gestures," "full screen apps." Basically, Jobs and company will now have a semi-contained environment across all platforms.
Apple has been clear it's heading in the direction of a completely integrated user experience from one platform to the other. Remember when iMovie came to the iPhone 4?
I think they will be aggressive to get this in as many hands as possible to close this loop.
I predict $49 upgrade, $79 full version.
Apple has been clear it's heading in the direction of a completely integrated user experience from one platform to the other. Remember when iMovie came to the iPhone 4?
I think they will be aggressive to get this in as many hands as possible to close this loop.
I predict $49 upgrade, $79 full version.
There were big features in SL but they were aimed at developers not clients mostly. So it was cheap so lots and lots of clients would take it up and give the developers the incentive to use those features.
You'd also have to look at installed base of machine to spread the cost of development over which as the first intel only major feature release. The numbers from the back to mac event would suggest the installed base of Intel Macs is at least double that Macs at the last feature release. They haven't doubled the number of engineers so the price isn't going to be as high as the old full release.
I think your on the money at $49
But could see it as high as $79
With Lion iWorks iLife bundle on Apple USB at$99 to $129
I think it'll be on a encrypted USB any way then all the futures releases will be over the network.
I hope it's gonna be 29 bucks , just like SL. But , I see a very good possibility that its going to be 100 or over. Simply because Snow Leopard was sort of an extension of leopard. While Lion seems entirely new, in some respects.
Fall 2011. It's the typical cycle. Super small preview the summer before. Show of a few things that relate to the event (wwdc for snow leopard showed under the hood stuff, preview for lion showed stuff that was related to the event). WWDC before fall release a thorough preview showing innards that were changed, features, show new gui, etc. Then Jobs says "Release this Fall". It's pretty much how it goes.
Edit: I know they say summer of 2011 which to them pretty much means August/September. But I'm sure I'll be completely wrong and they'll release it soon after WWDC so probably sometime in July so that all (or most) back to school purchases will get the new OS.
I'd say min. will be 2GB. But I wouldn't put it past them to offer 1GB. The last thing that they sold 1GB that comes to mind was the April 09 mini. I might be wrong about that, but I think ~2 year spacing is a good amount to say, sorry upgrade to 2GB, which a 1GB stick by then won't be much, so not a big deal.
Because the $99 Developer program didn't exist when Leopard was released.
I believe it will be $29 again, Apple earns their money through hardware sales.
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Yes I agree, hardware specs are moving up very quickly. I'd say Apple mostly sells Macs with 4 GB RAM.
That's actually a very good point I hadn't thought of yet. iOS updates are free. They make more than enough from the AppStore. Mac OS updates might become free as well.