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I filled in the info for the free Mountain Lion upgrade on my retina macbook pro... unfortunately I'm from Canada and it asked for a zip code (even though I was on apple.ca). I put in my postal code and was able to "submit my info" and get a claim reference number. Hopefully it still works.. I did notice it appended United States to my address too.
Oh that's right. Because Apple needs our $20 to add to it's $Billions... Come on. It was glitch.
They have $Billions because they know how to treat customers. Hopefully they will never forget that!
I just went ahead and bought it. The free download is only good for one Mac, and I have two, so I have to buy it anyway. If it were up to me, I would have made the serial number the redemption code. The it would be zero steps to get the redemption code instead of 12. Of course, without 12 steps, it wouldn't cure alcoholism, but you have to make some trade-offs.
If I can afford to spend $3,000 on a laptop, I can afford to spend $20 on an OS. It's not a big deal.
You guys, it's an OS upgrade. It's not life and death. If you have to wait a few days, so what? Might not even be a bad idea to let a few of the kinks come to light and have Apple release a software update before upgrading.
If you spent $20 for the upgrade, that's your impatience. That's nobody's fault but your own.
I agree. It is all about expectations. Maybe I'm aiming a little too high.
Kenneth Collins1 wrote:
I just went ahead and bought it. The free download is only good for one Mac, and I have two, so I have to buy it anyway.
Wrong. Once the app is activated on your App Store account, you can download and install it on any of your computers.
That's normally the case, but the free download is limited to one computer. (Tied to the serial number?) It's right there in the fine print. It's also what they told me at the Apple Store. Whether they enforce that is an another matter, but at this point, I don't care.
I got a mail from apple saying that I'd get the code in 5 days or less
You are actually prevented from purchasing Mountain Lion once you have the UTD free activation. It is literally impossible to purchase it once you have redeemed the code. Regardless of what legal-ese Apple has in the fine print, it is impossible to follow their terms.
leimin wrote:
I got a mail from apple saying that I'd get the code in 5 days or less
Wow! How zippy!
This is like FedEx. You can get it free in five days, or you can get it now for $20.
I've actually purchased and installed OS/10.8 (Mountain Lion) and it appears to be running well. I will just forget the free code stuff.
I actually called Apple's support line and was put on hold for an hour.
They told me to contact Itunes support...
We'll see how quick they catch up.
I'm a Canadian customer as well.
Next time, you impatient people can send your $20 to me instead.
Only if you think that you will be able to deliver better than this SNAFU...
Daniel Corban wrote:
You are actually prevented from purchasing Mountain Lion once you have the UTD free activation. It is literally impossible to purchase it once you have redeemed the code. Regardless of what legal-ese Apple has in the fine print, it is impossible to follow their terms.
Did anyone actually try to install the free upgrade on another computer? I have a new Air, and waiting for the free upgrade, but if I anyway have to spend $20 on upgrading my older iMac, I could just as well pay now instead of waiting for the free upgrade.
Free Mountain Lion Upgrade
