Amazon Begins Mac OS X 10.6 Pre-order Sales

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Amazon.com began accepting pre-orders for Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.6, or Snow Leopard, update over the weekend. The online retailer isn't offering an exact ship date, but is saying that Apple "indicated this product will be released sometime in September."

Buyers can pre-order Snow Leopard for Apple's list price of US$29. Amazon is saying, however, that if it drops the price before the end of the first shipping day, buyers will pay the lower price instead.

The 5-user Snow Leopard Family Pack is also available for pre-order at $49, and Snow Leopard Server is priced at $499. The Snow Leopard Box set with iLife and iWork is costs $169, and the 5-user family pack version is priced at $229.

Apple typically charges $129 for new versions of Mac OS X, but is offering Snow Leopard for $100 less to users that already own Mac OS X 10.5, or Leopard. Users with older versions of Mac OS X installed on their computer will still pay the traditional $129 for their copies of Snow Leopard.

 

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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1 Comments

Tut

As usual this is only on offer for customers inside the US. Amazon is not allowed to ship it to the rest of us.

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