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In article <524fe11b$0$44153$c3e8da3$38634283@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 13-10-05 01:53, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> > 
> > Actually, the free update period starts when the new OS has been officially 
> > announced with a release date. 
> 
> Fuzzy memory here, but at one point, didn't Apple annouce that anyone
> who bought a Mac within the last X days (I think X was like 30 or 90)
> was eligible for a free upgrade ?
> 
> Would Apple use the date the computer "registered" itself when first
> connected to Internet, or would it use a sales database where the serial
> number is logged at time of sale ?
> 
> In the former case, you could wait until Mavericks ship date is
> announced to first power up your machine and register it. At which
> point, Apple would think your machine is eligible for free upgrade.
> 
> In the later case, you can't cheat because serial number was logged at
> time of sale.

It's based on the purchased date on your sales receipt / invoice. If
you choose not to use your new Mac for years, then that's your choice,
but you won't qualify for a free upgrade to Mac OS X 10.15. (And yes,
there are people stupid enough ot do this - I know one person who
bought a second Windows PC as a "backup" and it's still stting unused
in the original box years later.)

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Mavericks update Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-04 18:29 -0400
  Re: Mavericks update Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-04 19:25 -0700
    Re: Mavericks update Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-05 12:43 +0000
      Re: Mavericks update Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-10-05 09:01 -0700
    Re: Mavericks update Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-05 09:12 -0400
      Re: Mavericks update Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-05 07:43 -0700
        Re: Mavericks update Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-06 12:53 +0000
          Re: Mavericks update Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-06 08:27 -0700
            Re: Mavericks update Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-06 22:24 +0000
              Re: Mavericks update Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-06 18:29 -0400
                Re: Mavericks update Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-06 16:05 -0700
                Re: Mavericks update George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-10-06 19:06 -0500
                Re: Mavericks update Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-06 23:39 +0000
                Re: Mavericks update Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-10-07 12:06 -0400
                Re: Mavericks update Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-07 18:52 +1300
                Re: Mavericks update Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-07 16:29 -0400
                Re: Mavericks update Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-08 19:30 +1300
              Re: Mavericks update Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-06 16:04 -0700
      Re: Mavericks update George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-10-05 10:08 -0500
  Re: Mavericks update FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2013-10-05 01:30 -0400
    Re: Mavericks update Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-04 22:53 -0700
      Re: Mavericks update JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-05 05:51 -0400
        Re: Mavericks update Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-06 09:41 +1300
      Re: Mavericks update Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-05 09:14 -0400
        Re: Mavericks update Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-05 07:46 -0700
          Re: Mavericks update Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-06 12:56 +0000
            Re: Mavericks update Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-07 09:18 +1300
        Re: Mavericks update Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-06 09:45 +1300
          Re: Mavericks update Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-05 19:23 -0400
    Re: Mavericks update Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-05 19:32 +1200
      Re: Mavericks update Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-10-05 09:38 +0200
    Re: Mavericks update Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2013-10-05 07:40 -0700

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