Will Mountain Lion be a free update to Lion 10.7?

Negative.

I belive that mountain lion will be cheaper if you already own lion. probally $15 if you own lion and $45 if you don't

In reply to the OP, nobody knows and are merely speculating. As you can't even buy the delta copy yet, wait until it is released and then you will know like the rest of us.

Pete

I really hope it's free. Lion came out barely a year ago, and already they're coming out with a "brand new" OS? I say "new", because I don't really consider the few new features a major upgrade from Lion. I don't think they are adding any new features that warrant an entirely new OS label; I see this more as a glorified Lion update.

ArbiterSpartan wrote:

I really hope it's free. Lion came out barely a year ago, and already they're coming out with a "brand new" OS? I say "new", because I don't really consider the few new features a major upgrade from Lion. I don't think they are adding any new features that warrant an entirely new OS label; I see this more as a glorified Lion update.

Do you have a copy of Mountain Lion running to see ALL the changes both UI and under the hood? If you have a developers copy then you still don't see everything that will be in the final release and should be posting in the developer's forums. If not then you too are merely speculating on a not yet released product. And what New Operating System Upgrade has ever been free?

Good Luck

Pete

Being an apple fan for years, I will highlight one subject. Mac OS X Lion was by far the worst OS mac os 10 gave us.

It is obvious that apple agrees, since apple never developed a new mac OS release in such short time. In less than 1 year mountain lion will be available. 9to5mac also pointed out that apple filed something that included futere free updates for OS.

In my opinion, mountain lion will be free for lion upgrades and 29$ from SL. The only arguement that can hold apple back doing this is that by following this path, apple actually admits how crappy was lion.

islane wrote:

Being an apple fan for years, I will highlight one subject. Mac OS X Lion was by far the worst OS mac os 10 gave us.

In your opinion

It is obvious that apple agrees, since apple never developed a new mac OS release in such short time. In less than 1 year mountain lion will be available. 9to5mac also pointed out that apple filed something that included futere free updates for OS.

Apple have announced they will be releasing a new OSX every twelve months from now on. ML will not be released inside a year. It's 10 months now and still in developer format. Who are 9to5? Apple's official spokespeople?

In my opinion, mountain lion will be free for lion upgrades and 29$ from SL. The only arguement that can hold apple back doing this is that by following this path, apple actually admits how crappy was lion.

In your opinion.

In conclusion, you have no idea what Mountain Lion will cost. You have had a personal bad experience with Lion so wish to rant here with no substance whatsoever to your post.

Have a nice day

Pete

Haha, aggressive little boy...

I already work in mountain lion, so it is just the view from my perspective. I don't hope something for my own benefit.

Of course noboday knows apple plans. If you read, you should know that not even foreign deparment's employees are familiar what the plans are. That's why I mention "in my opinion".

In conclusion, turning down a speculation is super easy, making an arguement on the other hand....

i wanted to know soemthing.presently mac book pro is fr 1199$...with the new os release will the price increase..i was plannin to buy mac book pro...and tpday i read the news about the new release...so was wondering about the prices...

n i also wanted to know if i buy mac book pro now will i be able to upgrade to the new software once it is released??...it doesnt matter if its free or paid..i just want to know if i wil be able to upgrade or not..