Who's Eligible for the $19.95 Panther Update?


Following Apple's announcement of Panther's availability on October 24, the company has posted a page detailing eligibility for upgrades.

Users need to have bought Macs on after October 8, 2003. Qualifying new Macs purchased October 8 or later include:

- iMac G3 600/Indigo iMac 600
- iMac 800/1GHz
- eMac 700 through 1GHz
- Power Macs 1GHz through 1.42GHz
- PowerBook 867/1GHz
- iBook 700 through 900MHz
- Power Mac G5
- XServe

The full list is at Apple.

The up-to-date program applies to both OS X.3 Client and Server, and also includes multiple workstation licenses. Purchasers of Jaguar after October 8 also qualify.

Order forms are available from Apple.

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[article updated]