Buy a Mac Now and You Qualify for a Free Upgrade to Lion
If you buy a Mac from now until the release date of Lion in July, you qualify for a free upgrade to Mac OS X 10.7 directly from Apple. This is thanks to Apple’s Up-To-Date program, which gives users 30 days from the purchase of their new Mac to request the free update.
The free upgrade expands to Macs bought through Apple and their resellers, meaning you can take advantage of discounts offered through online stores like Amazon
. The announcement was largely lost in the midst of other WWDC excitement, but was included in Apple’s press release regarding Lion:
The Mac OS X Lion Up-To-Date upgrade is available at no additional charge via the Mac App Store to all customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller on or after June 6, 2011. Users must request their Up-To-Date upgrade within 30 days of purchase of their Mac computer. Customers who purchase a qualifying Mac between June 6, 2011 and the date when Lion is available in the Mac App Store will have 30 days from Lion’s official release date to make a request.
Technically the offer expands back to June 6, the official announcement. Outside of the Up-To-Date program, Lion costs $29.99 through the Mac App Store.
Apple also released a nice video intro to Lion that is worth a view.
Update: For those wondering, you will request the free Lion update directly from Apple. With past up-to-date promotions, you entered the Macs serial number into an online form to verify eligibility. This will almost certainly work the same, and you will most likely get a promo code to redeem through the Mac App Store.
mac lion 10.7.2
Unfortunately it is not giving the redemption codes and frustrating many people. http://goo.gl/8ohW9
Do you think this free update can be used with another computers?
How do you request the free upgrade? Where on the apple website do I make the request?
Good to know but this seems a little unfair to those who bought a mac in the weeks prior to June 6. Given that I bought mine just a month prior I feel a bit shorted by this release.
Bought my pro on June 6. I wasn’t going to purchase the update, but since it’s free I’ll definitely get it.
Thanks for that valuable information, Yuli. That’s answered all my questions about the upgrade.
Who do you request it from?
Apple.
After Lion is released they will have an online form to request the version. Typically you just enter the Macs serial number and fill out an address, that’s how it worked on past up-to-date programs.
and i just bought mine a month ago..
Good news. But how will it work? When mac will be bought from apple authorised dealer, how will it get known to apple or to my apple account so that I will be able to download it?