∞ New Macs include Mac App Store iLife license

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Macworld:

“…if you haven’t yet gotten around to upgrading to iLife ’11, buying a new Mac mini or MacBook Air essentially gets you iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand for all your Macs running OS X 10.6.6 or later (since you need at least that version of Snow Leopard to run the Mac App Store). And this isn’t sneaky or dishonest—it’s right there in the Mac App Store’s software license.”

It’s efforts like this that make it plain to see that Apple is very intent on eliminating physical software distribution as much as it can – at least for its own products – and emphasizing the Mac App Store as the preferred delivery method for its users.


  • Steven Fisher

    Worth mentioning their current “Back to School” deal: $100 for use on the Mac App Store.

    • Peter Cohen

      A little different than past years, when they’ve given you an iPod touch. I guess it’s partly to acknowledge that the iPod touch isn’t the aspirational device it used to be, and partly to help drive traffic to the MAS.