aberkvam’s Blog

In which I order Panther and obtain what is (perhaps) an illicit discount.

So on October 8, Apple announced that OS X 10.3 (a.k.a. Panther) would ship on October 24. The deal is that anyone that buys an Apple on Oct. 8 or later can get Panther for $19.95 (instead of $129). Also, anyone with a G5 can get it for $19.95 no matter when they bought their G5. Well, I bought my PowerBook on Sept. 20th. I was hoping that I could get Panther inexpensively. No such luck. But then I saw on MacFixIt that some PowerBook owners were getting the $19.95 deal. So I headed to Apple’s Up-to-Date website and entered my PowerBook serial number and the (honest) purchase date. Sure enough, I qualified for the $19.95 price. Woo! I called Matt and had him try it with his new PowerBook. Sure enough, it worked. Now here’s hoping that we continue to fly under Apple’s radar until the ship date…