If you haven't preordered Leopard yet, but both plan to get it and have a need for a little Windows action, Mac Warehouse has the deal for you. They're offering a bunch of Leopard, Parallels, and Windows XP (or Vista, but seriously, Vista?) for just $279. That's basically getting Parallels for free, and a little over $100 off the price of XP Pro. If you haven't bought any of these yet, and plan to use all three, that right there is a tasty deal.And speaking of deals, we've gotten a lot of tips about this, so even though we've mentioned it before, it's probably worth another mention: Amazon is going aggressive on Leopard pricing, so they're offering it for only $109, twenty bucks off the price elsewhere.
Of course, buying Leopard in either of these ways won't get you the satisfaction of being there on Friday when Apple's new operating system goes on sale. But then again, how much are the crowds and the lines worth to you?
Thanks, Michael!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-23-2007 @ 9:36PM
Jt Hollister said...
Funny you should ask that. I'm facing an even bigger dilemma than most...I can get it for the educational price of $60. And yet I still feel urgently that I must go to the Apple store and get it there!!! *sigh*
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10-23-2007 @ 9:40PM
Roberto said...
I can't stand in Walmart register lines, and I sure won't stand on an even longer line in the Apple store.
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10-23-2007 @ 10:14PM
MuchoCheeto said...
Amazon has it for $109? But CompUSA has a $30 rebate on Leopard!
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10-23-2007 @ 10:33PM
JosephMohmed said...
I heard iLife isn't included in Leopard, can somebody confirm this?
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10-23-2007 @ 10:45PM
Brandon said...
Joseph - No, iLife is not included with Leopard. It will remain on your Mac if it's already there, though.
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10-23-2007 @ 10:47PM
brian said...
ilife is never included with a new os.. if you do a fresh install, i think you need your original ilife or system restore dvds or whatever.. and choose "install bundled software" or something like that
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10-23-2007 @ 11:45PM
JosephMohmed said...
Ohh, iLife comes with new Macs, not operating systems, my bad.
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10-24-2007 @ 12:15AM
Rhywun said...
Is there any way to get just the new iPhoto without the other iLife applications?
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10-24-2007 @ 1:42AM
Andrew said...
whats with the OEM lisence for XP and Parallels offered in this budle? how is that diffrent than retail?
Whats better for use in Leopard, VMWare Fusion or Parallels?
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10-24-2007 @ 2:57AM
J said...
Being a mac newbie...why would one need parallels if boot camp comes with Leopard?
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10-24-2007 @ 3:25AM
Mr Lizard said...
@ 10: Boot Camp lets you choose which OS you want to use when you boot up. You can chose between OS X or Windows.
Paralells lets you run both at the same time. So you can have Windows (or Linux, or any other OS really) running in a seperate window.
It also lets you run Windows in full screen, or in a special mode called 'Coherence', which gives you a start menu in your dock and lets Windows apps run side by side with OS X apps.
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10-24-2007 @ 6:30AM
Carlos Fonseca said...
Parallels isn't working on Leopard yet...
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10-24-2007 @ 8:55AM
David Fischer said...
"They're offering a bunch of Leopard, Parallels, and Windows XP (or Vista, but seriously, Vista?) for just $279. That's basically getting Parallels for free, and a little over $100 off the price of XP Pro. "
Your pricing, as written, is way off.
Win XP Pro OEM: $140
Leopard: $109
Parallels: $80
Total: $329
Bundle Savings: $50
Still a good price. But it's no where close to getting Parallels for free and saving $100 in Win XP.
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10-24-2007 @ 9:09AM
Brian said...
Carlos: Parallels Inc. says that Parallels Desktop works and is supported just fine with Leopard.
"We've been working with Leopard since its earliest beta forms, and we're confident that Parallels Desktop is compatible with Leopard. Performance is great, and core functionality works smoothly. You'll be able to safely upgrade to Leopard when it goes live without worrying that Parallels will work."
http://parallelsvirtualization.blogspot.com/2007/10/parallels-desktop-leopard.html
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10-24-2007 @ 11:56AM
Kevin said...
I don't think its "legal" to use an OEM version with parallels or on anything other than bundled windows hardware. If I remember correctly, MS has some ridiculous terms in their EULA that pretty much limits you to using a full non-OEM version of windows with parallels... you know... legally.
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10-24-2007 @ 5:40PM
Eric said...
OEM refers to copies that were sold with a machine. Microsoft has only ever allowed an OEM copy to run on the machine for which it was sold, no other. Not that people always pay attention to that, but that's what MS wants.
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