∞ Apple offers Snow Leopard for $9.95

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Apple is offering customers that recently purchased a new Mac a way to upgrade to the newest version of Mac OS X for $9.95.


Snow LeopardThe Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-to-Date Program gives users that purchased a qualifying computer on or after June 8, 2009, a bit of price protection. The program ends on December 26, 2009.

Qualifying Mac includes the iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. A few list of qualifying computers and model numbers are available from Apple’s Web site.

According to Apple, in order to receive your Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard upgrade, you must complete the order form and provide a photocopy of a dated, itemized sales receipt indicating the marketing part number of the qualifying product purchased. Order acknowledgments, packing slips and purchase order copies are not valid.

Amazon on Saturday began offering pre-orders for Mac OS X client and server versions of the new operating system. The regular price to upgrade from Leopard is $29.

More information on the program is available from Apple’s Web site.


  • MacHobbes

    on or _after_ June 8, 2009, I guess…

    • Jim Dalrymple

      Absolutely correct. Fixed it.

  • Grizzlybox

    This is old news, by which I mean OLD news.
    In the fast paced world of technology, where cutting edge is archaic in about a week, 2 months is a long time for news to reach you.

  • http://www.basilweb.net Walt

    If you happened to buy your qualifying computer on the Apple Online Store, the online store knows you did, and makes the process as easy as adding it to your cart and purchasing.

  • http://www.cyclelogicpress.com Partners in Grime

    Does Apple donate any of that to the Snow Leopard endangered species association?

  • won

    You also have to be in the US. Doesn’t apply to the rest of the world.

  • http://holloway.me Josh Holloway

    I’m really hoping my wife kept that Best Buy receipt…

  • oskar holm

    has anyone gotten this to work yet?

    i filled in an online form on their web page, i got my system in accepted as a qualifying system… then i click the continue button and i get to a page with an empty shopping cart.

    must i wait till snow leopard is for sale in the apple store?

  • http://www.basilweb.net Walt

    @ Oskar It did that to me when I tried to order it using IE on my work PC. Using Safari on iPhone worked properly.

  • oskar holm

    thanks, i will try another browser. i was using the latest safari on the latest mac os x.

  • oskar holm

    i tried more browsers, and no luck yet.

    walt: thanks for the reply. by ‘worked properly’ you mean that snow leopard was actually in the shopping cart with a charge of 10 dollars that you could check out with?

    update: i spoke with a customer representative via the apple store chat window and that person told me one cannot use the online form because snow leopard is not in the store yet. supposedly it will work in september, but be warned that the request must be filed or postmarked on or before 30 days have passed from the purchasing date.

  • http://www.basilweb.net Walt

    @oskar that is correct. Maybe my experience was a fluke with the trouble your mentioning, and your conversation with an Apple Store employee, but yes, mine was in the shopping cart, showing a shipping date of September. Here is a copy/paste from the Online Store Order Status page with my last 4 digits of the order number x’ed out:

    Order Number: W6340xxxx
    Order Date: Jul 30, 2009 at 10:18 AM PDT
    Not yet shipped Product / Part No. Unit Price Qty Ext. Price
    MAC OS X 10.6 SNOW LEOPARD FULLFIL-INT
    MC204Z/A $9.95 1 $9.95
    Ships: September

    SubTotal: $9.95
    Tax: $0.67
    Shipping Charge: $0.00
    Total: $10.62

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  • Brian

    I got mine. Actually, the fulfillment order was 2 days late (shipped in US Mail) and I called about it. They apologized, and fedexed me one overnight. Sweet. I eventually received the US Mail copy, about 10 days later, so I actually got 2 copies for $10. I couldnt’ be happier with it, really, though I still have one more upgrade to get before I can put it on both of my systems.