Is Panther going to be available for download? Or do I need to get off my ass and get to the store? 
I want it NOW... pshh...
I want it NOW... pshh...
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Panther available to download?
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Not legally. Get yourself to a store if you're lucky enough to live near one. I sure wish I could've bought it via a download, too, but Apple's not going there any time soon.
I wonder if the store that SELLS Apple products around here will have it. Err... the university will have it I guess. Can I get the G5 discount AND the edu discount?
By G5 discount, I assume you mean the Up To Date program that gets it to you for $20 if you bought a G5 without Panther. In which case, the answer is no; as far as I know you always have to go through Apple's website and order the upgrade online if you want the cheap pricing. That's the boat I'm in, but so it goes.
Maybe you know someone else who is planning to buy a copy... in which case you could order your upgrade copy off Apple's site, but install a locally bought copy legitimately while you're waiting for it to ship.
You can only get the G5 discount online, I don't know about edu...... and you can almost never combine them... it'd be free.
Actually, you can. And I know where. But I ordered it anyway, b/c I don't believe in stealing things as big as OS's.
That's exactly why I'm highly wary of downloading something major like an OS on the sly, even if I'm buying it legit anyway (in which case it would theoretically be ok to do, same as downloading an MP3 of a song on a CD you own instead of ripping it yourself).Originally posted by bousozoku
Don't you wonder whether it's been sabotaged, though?
Yes, you might just get your hands on it sooner, but there's a good chance you'll end up with a mislabled developer build or much worse, and for my OS, that's not even close to worth the risk.
well yes, you can download it free. like you can download free M$ office, photoshop, soundtrack, every possible application that costs a lot of money.
but OS X is not linux. you can't LEGALLY have the right to download it. you CAN download soundtrack, panther, photoshop, M$ paid programs, whatever warez you want, but a downloaded 10.3 is not a LEGAL version, it is warez.
