Comments on: Snow Leopard giveaway: Apple showing a light touch

By: MobileMe subs with extra storage get more of the same with iCloud | FairerPlatform

Mon, 07 May 2012 03:34:14 +0000

[...] Leopard users, Apple’s giving away free copies of Snow Leopard, a $29 value that sets you up to spend $29 for OS X [...]

By: Is my Mac iCloud compatible? | FairerPlatform

Is my Mac iCloud compatible? | FairerPlatform — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:00:54 +0000

[...] over from June 30 to July 1, time is running out to make the leap. However, comments posted on my Friday note about Apple’s liberal policy of giving away copies of Snow Leopard made me realize folks [...]

By: the rocr

the rocr — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:54:24 +0000

@Leland — Nope, gotta have OS X Lion v10.7.2 or later

http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/mac.html

By: the rocr

the rocr — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:53:41 +0000

@Phillip

This promotion is primarily targeted at Leopard users — i.e. Mac owners with at least an Intel Core 2 Duo.

See: http://fairerplatform.com/2011/04/can-my-mac-run-os-x-lion/

By: Leland

Leland — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:41:43 +0000

Isn’t Snow Leopard required to fully use iCloud?

By: Philip Machanick

Philip Machanick — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:35:42 +0000

Steveo: how is giving someone a free copy of Snow Leopard going to encourage Snow Leopard users to move to Lion?

By: Steveo

Steveo — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:08:58 +0000

I think Apple is desperate. Snow Leopard users are not moving on to Lion. They need to motivate them somehow.