So as we all know, Microsoft announced the pricing details for Windows 7 yesterday, and some people are already waving the Snow Leopard 29.99 upgrade price around.
ZDNet Blogger Ed Bott had taken the time to read the fine print on the Apple upgrade offer and has come to an interesting conclusion. Windows 7 is CHEAPER than Snow Leopard for the majority of the market.
You see, you can only actually get Snow Leopard for that 29.99 price if you’ve bought an Intel based Mac AFTER October 2007. Anything before that will cost you $169 and anything before 2006, well you’re SOL, no upgrade for you. Kind of puts things in perspective doesn’t it? At the end of the day the Microsoft offer is actually pretty darn good, at least it’s cheaper than Vista right?
Here’s a chart Ed made that breaks things down nicely:
First, Bott is incorrect; full price for OS X Snow Leopqrd will be $129, NOT $169, so a full version of Snow Leopard will cost only $9 more than a normal upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium.
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