When can I buy with free Leopard included? On what date can I order a new iMac and have Leopard OS included free? I would rather wait a few days longer instead of paying an extra $10 plus S/H and have it mailed separtely. When can I buy with free Leopard included? On what date can I order a new iMac and have Leopard OS included free? I would rather wait a few days longer instead of paying an extra $10 plus S/H and... » Read More When can I buy with free Leopard included? On what date can I order a new iMac and have Leopard OS included free? I would rather wait a few days longer instead of paying an extra $10 plus S/H and have it mailed separtely. « Show Less
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I bought a 24" iMac last night (6th November'07) and Leopard wasn't pre-installed. I got a Leopard disk, and had to do the installation at home, which takes about an hour and half. The installation is a piece of cake, but I wish it came pre-installed.
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So, is Leopard pre-installed yet from Amazon? Anyone purchased in the last few days?
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You can buy now with leopard included... but buy from apple.com. But be for warned. They are not shipping their computers with leopard preinstalled, they are just putting the DVD's in the box and you'll have to install yourself. Unacceptable if you ask me. They should be shipping computers with leopard pre installed in about 2-4 weeks.
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Did you buy from Amazon? Are they including Leopard inserts with the shipment now, or do you still have to mail in for the DVD? Thanks.
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the firmware update on "Software Updates" from Apple fixes the freezing problem. Leopard is cake to install, use the 110 mb update from Apple's support site, it is better so the informed on the forums attest. I am enjoying my 20" 2.4 Aluminum so much, I may get another for the office. I have to run some windoze apps and VMware's Fusion seems the better choice, I have both Fusion and Parellels.
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I rec'd my iMac 11/6 and it still had Tiger installed. I ordered the $10 + tax upgrade from Apple and it arrived within a few days. Installation took about 90 min. and was very easy. However, if I had it to do over I might stick with the Tiger system a little longer. The reason is Tiger being a mature OS is virtually bug free, where as the brand new leopard will have some bugs to work. Therefore, I would suggest ordering iMac with Tiger and wait a few weeks to order the grade. By then Apple should have fixes in place for a problems that may arrise.
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The Apple Website says as of 6pm today all new Imac's are preinstalled with Leopard. I wonder when Amazon will start doing the same.
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I have tried contacting Amazon to find out when the iMacs with Leopard be available and no one seems to know... does anyone know when it will be?
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Thanks for the reply. Please let us know if you are experiencing any of the freezing or color problems we've been seeing in the forum posts.
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Ordered an IMac on 11/30/2007 received 12/10/2007 still had Tiger installed but included a Leopard disk, simply a matter of upgrading
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I ordered the Mac Mini on Thursday and got it on Friday using 1 day delivery. It does have iLife 09' on it. But I just went to Apple's website and put my serial number in. I'll be getting iLife 11' for $6.99 in a couple days. They have shipped it out.
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It's now 12/28/07. So what's the situation w/ leopard etc? Has any one ordered a macbook from Amazon since nov 25th 07?Amazon.com? What's the deal with not stating what OS comes with the Macbooks you are shipping out? It might be actually causing drop in Macbook sales for you guys. Get with it and state that 'yes they do come with Leopard now!' I'd rather purchase from Amazon (less scary return policy) but I might have to order from Macconnection.com as the price is the same (actually with them you don't have go thru the hassle of the rebate as their price reflects $100 discount) and their site clearly states that they do come with Leopard and iLife 08.... It's now 12/28/07. So what's the situation w/ leopard etc? Has any one ordered a macbook from Amazon since nov 25th 07?Amazon.com? What's the deal with not stating what OS comes with the Macbooks you are shipping out? It might be actually causing drop in Macbook sales for you guys. Get with it and state that 'yes they do come with Leopard now!' I'd rather purchase from Amazon (less scary return policy) but I might have to order from Macconnection.com as the price is the same (actually with them you don't have go thru the hassle of the rebate as their price reflects... » Read More It's now 12/28/07. So what's the situation w/ leopard etc? Has any one ordered a macbook from Amazon since nov 25th 07?Amazon.com? What's the deal with not stating what OS comes with the Macbooks you are shipping out? It might be actually causing drop in Macbook sales for you guys. Get with it and state that 'yes they do come with Leopard now!' I'd rather purchase from Amazon (less scary return policy) but I might have to order from Macconnection.com as the price is the same (actually with them you don't have go thru the hassle of the rebate as their price reflects $100 discount) and their site clearly states that they do come with Leopard and iLife 08.... « Show Less
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To my knowledge, this item is still being shipped with 10.4. It might be better considering some of the kinks are still being worked out of Leopard.
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"As to the release date, Apple says the estimate date is the 11th." I think it is sooner cause when I had my ordered at apple.com I had an estimated delivery date of the 10th-14th and that it with their free shipping so it's slow. I canceled my order and got it here to save money.
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Amazon has to provide an estimated ship date. The open-ended delivery date will drive me to cancel my amazon order and go with apple.com. Customer's who ordered priority shipping must be very annoyed with Amazon right now. And the current $499.99 list price for the 500 GB hard drive is misleading and unfair (and a scam).
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Not true, you can upgrade to Leopard for $9.95 through Apple if you bought the Tiger Macbook between Oct. 1 and Dec. 29! Go to Apple's website and submit your Macbook serial number to qualify for the $10 upgrade to Leopard!
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if you can't wait without having the computer i would definitely wait....who knows what Macworld is going to bring us. I have been waiting since August to buy a MBP or MB (first, it was leopard and now i have been fine living without one so I might as well see what's new.)
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download all the updates from the website first. then youll need to buy snow leopard from apple. if im not mistaken you can now download this update (for a fee) from their website. If not, order the disk directly from APPLE. DO NOT ORDER FROME HERE.
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Upon purchasing my computer, the specs show "Mac OS X v10.5.6" as my OS. So, I am wondering if there is some information that is screwed up. All I know is my computer came with Snow Leopard on it, and I upgraded it to Mavericks. Let me find the seller of my Mac. I will forward that information to you. They may be able to help you better than I.Upon searching for the seller of my computer, I didn't seem to locate anything other than their name: The Mac Toy Store. I am pretty sure you can Google the name and find their contact information. They were super helpful throughout my purchase. Good luck!!! Upon purchasing my computer, the specs show "Mac OS X v10.5.6" as my OS. So, I am wondering if there is some information that is screwed up. All I know is my computer came with Snow Leopard on it, and I upgraded it to Mavericks. Let me find the seller of my Mac. I will forward that information to you. They may be able to help you better than I.Upon searching for the seller of my computer, I didn't seem to locate anything other than their name: The Mac Toy Store. I am pretty sure you can Google the name and find their contact information. They were super helpful throughout my... » Read More Upon purchasing my computer, the specs show "Mac OS X v10.5.6" as my OS. So, I am wondering if there is some information that is screwed up. All I know is my computer came with Snow Leopard on it, and I upgraded it to Mavericks. Let me find the seller of my Mac. I will forward that information to you. They may be able to help you better than I.Upon searching for the seller of my computer, I didn't seem to locate anything other than their name: The Mac Toy Store. I am pretty sure you can Google the name and find their contact information. They were super helpful throughout my purchase. Good luck!!! « Show Less
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Hi, I left you a post in the other thread you asked the question. Short answer- yes, you can buy Apple Care from Amazon if it is the correct version and within a year from the iMac's purchase.
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I'm not complaining, I already have Leopard installed on my iBook and I really like it. I want to receive the iMac with Leopard installed so I can start working from the get-go. I just assume because Amazon is out of stock now that they are waiting for Apple to ship them iMacs with Leopard installed already.
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Amazon now shows only 16 Imacs available and it says "order soon". Usually when they are running low and expect to get more it says "more on the way" after "order soon". I wonder if this is a sign that Apple is putting out a refresh soon?
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You can buy from Amazon at the reduced price. I've done it for the last 2 years. If you are on Apple's automatic renewal plan now, you might want to activate it a couple of weeks ahead of their billing date to avoid billing confusion. Yes, you keep your same e-mail, etc.
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I wonder how often these rebates come again. The current rebate will expire before OS X Leopard is released (which is the earliest that these machines can come pre-installed with the 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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I would guess it would be similar to pre-ordering dvds, books, etc. In my experience, they tend to ship out the same day of the official release... so when you get it would depend on how you had it shipped (a day or so after). If you must have it immediately... pick up a copy at an apple store the morning of the 26th.