Download the Free Trial at Apple's Website: Is it worth the $79.99 just for an upgrade??
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iWork is great with ppt, vivalarevolution. Only thing is that Keynote is so far advanced beyond PowerPoint so some of the amazing transitions won't carry over. To be perfectly frank, OpenOffice.org sucks compared to MS Office and iWork.
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I did get a firmware update on mine (using a Windows PC). I'm not an Apple person, so I'm not sure if updates work via Mac. I don't think it took long for the update. Do you have any friends with a PC that would let you borrow it for this purpose?
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No. In fact, they moved a bunch of stuff around for no apparent reason and the program is significantly buggier and slower. I wish I hadn't upgraded. If you do upgrade, wait until around December after they have released a whole year of patches and fixes.
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I have no personal knowledge, but the ad page for this product says that it is available as a free upgrade.
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Absolutely !!! and it is generally a free upgrade. I am running OSX10.9.5 and my iMac is a 2009
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Sorry, I was too brief before from my phone. My Mac mini came with OS 10.9.1, which is Mavericks, I believe. I think all of the Mac Minis being shipped from Apple are currently shipping with Mavericks. The units Amazon's vendors are shipping may be pre-Mavericks, and I do not know if there is an upgrade fee. I went to the Apple web site and there was an update screen that popped right up to go to Mavericks, but I do not know if it is free.
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I don't know, but it's probably because it's a pre-Mountain Lion release. No worries - Apple provides a free upgrade to the new OS!
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I've been running Lion for a few days now. I don't find it worth even the $30 Apple is charging for it. It seems a determined attempt on behalf of Mr. Jobs to make everything, including Macs, look and function as an iPad. Enough already. If I want an iPad, I'll use an iPad. I'm trying to run a decent laptop here, and Lion's trying to dumb things down to a tablet level. My advice is to stick with Snow Leopard.
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Nothing did until it was downloaded. It is an update that you will be asked if you want immediately. IOS7 is great! You'll love it.
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Nope. The app and all updates are FREE. They have updated every few months and have tweaked features based upon customer feedback.
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Yes, after installing it you have to get the upgrade from Nuance available only on-line for free. It doesn't work until you do.
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No. After installing and registering I was unable to do anything without doing what they claim is a upgrade for a reduced one time only offer of @. 36.00. They said that without this needed upgrade it wouldn't be able to be used. At this point I believed I was being scammed and refused to pay what amounted to extortion. So needless to say it was useless to me after spending considerable amount of time
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I recently started with the free version and it worked fine. A coworker downloaded the free TRIAL of the PRO version and after using a few times, it wouldn't work without paying. So unless you need the Pro features, don't download the trial, just use the free version.
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I called Amazon about this and the Mac Mini. I was told that computers will have the older version of ILife until they are sold out of those. As of yesterday, Apple has made no arrangements with Amazon for a "free version" upgrade on units sold after the release of ILife 11.
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Make sure you're online and click the Apple menu (upper-left of screen the screen in the menu bar) and click "Software Update...". Then it will check for updates and you can click "Install". It will update you to version 10.4.11 for free.
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You will end up paying 300 plus tax. Which is 60 or more than the price here. You are saving 40+ dollars.The apps are easily installed from iTunes, and if you don't want to pay you can just jailbreak it. But i don't know how to do that.
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Here's the thing, I threw out the packaging. Either way, Monster still quarantee's that if product becomes obsolete, they will upgrade for free. I believe 15.8 is the current standard. Sorry not of much assistance.