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    Student Discounts on Leopard

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Estelio, Jan 23, 2009.

  1. Estelio

    Estelio Notebook Guru

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    Does anyone know if the discount on Leopard still exists or is it dependent on your school's regulations?

    I thought Leopard was $79 with a student discount. When I login under my schools education "site" the price is still $116.

    Can anyone explain this to me? Thank you muchly.
     
    Estelio, Jan 23, 2009
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  2. daylove

    daylove Notebook Consultant

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    It's $110 at Amazon.com and $104 at MacMall. I checked the education discount and is indeed $116
     
    daylove, Jan 23, 2009
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  3. JWest

    JWest Master of Notebookery

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    Buying Leopard now may not be the best investment though, with Snow Leopard on the horizon.
     
    JWest, Jan 23, 2009
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    snow leopard is slated to come out approx. this summer.

    if anything it will get pushed back further.
     
    masterchef341, Jan 23, 2009
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  5. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    Snow leopard may require Leopard to been installed...
     
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  6. JWest

    JWest Master of Notebookery

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    Not necessarily. I think you ought to be able to upgrade without having the previous OS. What are you supposed to do if you're several OS's behind? Hunt down all of the previous ones? (Well, not the most valid argument in this case, as SL will only run on intel machines, which have been around since tiger- but you see my point).
     
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  7. Estelio

    Estelio Notebook Guru

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    Wow, I must have not heard of this yet.

    How is Snow Leopard different than Leopard? Do we know anything yet?

    How solid is a summer release?
     
    Estelio, Jan 23, 2009
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