On Jul 27, 11:50 am, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: > This is incorrect. > > All $29 "retail" Snow Leopard disks are full versions, capable of being > installed on any machine, even one which has no OS of any kind at all. > > THERE WERE NO "retail" UPGRADE DISKS! >
-snip- You are absolutely correct that there is no *technical* barrier to doing a full install of SL from an "upgrade" disc. However, to the best of my knowledge, the licensing on the $29 disc is for an upgrade, not a full install. I quote from this Apple press release http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/08/24Apple-to-Ship-Mac-OS-X-Snow-Leopard-on-August-28.html Apple to Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard on August 28 CUPERTINO, California—August 24, 2009—Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X v10.6 Snow Leopard™ will go on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders. Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements, new core technologies and out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange. Snow Leopard will be available as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard® users for $29. Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
