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Help, Guides, and News on making the Switch To Apple Macintosh Computers
How to get a free Leopard upgrade - the Mac OS X Leopard Up-to-Date Program
Recent Mac purchasers who have purchased a qualifying new Mac or Apple Certified Refurbished Mac (see models below) on or after October 1, 2007 that has Mac OS X Tiger installed can upgrade to Leopard for free. Apple is offering the upgrade as part of the Mac OS X Leopard Up-to-Date Program. The qualifying Mac models are as follows:
The first column is the Model Number. The second is a description of the system.
MacBook
- MA699LL/A MacBook 13.3" 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/512MB
- MA700LL/A MacBook 13.3" 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/1GB
- MA701LL/A MacBook 13.3" 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/1GB
- MB061LL/A MacBook 13.3" 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/1GB
- MB062LL/A MacBook 13.3" 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/1GB
- MB063LL/A MacBook 13.3" 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/1GB
- MB064LL/A MacBook 13.3" 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/1GB
- MB065LL/A MacBook 13.3" 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/1GB
- MB157LL/A MacBook 13.3" 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/2GB
- MB158LL/A MacBook 13.3" 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/2GB
MacBook Pro
- MA895LL/A MacBook Pro 15" 2.2GHz/2GB
- MA896LL/A MacBook Pro 15" 2.4GHz/2GB
- MA897LL/A MacBook Pro 17" 2.4GHz/2GB
- MB074LL/A MacBook Pro 15" 2.2GHz/2GB
- MB075LL/A MacBook Pro 15" 2.4GHz/2GB
- MB076LL/A MacBook Pro 17" 2.4GHz/2GB
- MB077LL/A MacBook Pro 17" 2.4GHz/2GB
- MA609LL/A MacBook Pro 15" 2.16GHz/1GB
- MA610LL/A MacBook Pro 15" 2.33GHz/2GB
- MA611LL/A MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz/2GB
- MA867LL/A MacBook Pro 15" 2.16GHz/1GB
- MA868LL/A MacBook Pro 15" 2.33GHz/2GB
- MA869LL/A MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz/2GB
iMac
- MA710LL/A iMac 17" 1.83GHz
- MA590LL/A iMac 17" 2.0GHz
- MA758LL/A iMac 17" 2.0GHz
- MA589LL/A iMac 20" 2.16GHz
- MA759LL/A iMac 20" 2.16GHz
- MA456LL/A iMac 24" 2.16GHz
- MA772LL/A iMac 24" 2.16GHz
- MA876LL/A iMac 20" 2.0GHz
- MA877LL/A iMac 20" 2.4GHz
- MA878LL/A iMac 24" 2.4GHz
- MB199LL/A iMac 20" 2.0GHz
- MA200LL/A iMac 20" 2.4GHz
- MA201LL/A iMac 24" 2.4GHz
- MA322LL/A iMac 24" 2.8GHz
Mac mini
- MA607LL/A Mac mini 1.66GHz
- MA608LL/A Mac mini 1.83GHz
- MA723LL/A Mac mini 1.83GHz
- MB138LL/A Mac mini 1.83GHz
- MB139LL/A Mac mini 2.0GHz
Mac Pro
- MA356LL/A Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon/1GB 667MHz
- MB052LL/A Two 3.0GHzDual-Core Intel Xeon/2GB 667MHz
Key Dates
The program ends on December 29, 2007. Orders must be postmarked or faxed by January 4, 2008. A $9.95 shipping and handling fee applies. Be sure to read and follow the Terms and Conditions as detailed at the Up-to-Date Program web page.
If you purchased your Mac from the Online Apple Store, click the on the appropriate link to participate in the program.
If you purchased your Mac from the Online Apple Store, click the on the appropriate link to participate in the program.
If you purchased from an Apple retail store or Apple authorized reseller you'll want to click on one of the following links to participate in the program.
Apple is allowing those who purchased multiple qualifying systems at the same time (on a single invoice) the option to either purchase a Single-User Upgrade Kit for each qualifying product at $9.95 each or fewer Single-User Upgrade Kits and request the "Right to Copy" to the other systems.
By: switchtoamac
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