Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!iuvax!pur-ee!j.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq From: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Price for System Upgrades Summary: Software's free ... but the manuals cost bucks Message-ID: <790@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 4 Oct 88 04:15:56 GMT References: <8849@drutx.ATT.COM> Reply-To: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (John O'Malley) Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Lines: 22 In article kucharsk@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (William Kucharski) writes: >Unless we have unusually nice dealers in the Bay Area, the price of a System >upgrade is having the four 800k disks to copy it onto. > William Kucharski If I'm not mistaken, it's legal to get updates of the actual system software simply by taking four blank disks to a dealer (or other authorized source) along with proof that you purchased a Macintosh. Standard proof is any original Apple-labeled System Tools disk. Dealers sell a complete update package, including new original disks and new manuals, for about $50. Or, you (or your company/university) can pay $100 for two complete update packages per year, which includes permission to make as many copies of the software as necessary (like for everyone on campus). Ifya don't need the manuals, you can get the software itself for free. Not a bad deal! John O'Malley / Macintosh / Purdue University / (317) mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq / Project Specialist / Computing Center / 494-9944