engadget.com — The honeymoon may soon be over for Tiger users accustomed to the free boot loader: according to a report on MacScoop, Steve and friends plan to begin charging about $30 for the software once OS X Leopard is released and Boot Camp leaves beta for the greener pastures of commercial.
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pointguardJan 22, 2007
No Apple wouldn't do that...trust me.
jseatonJan 22, 2007
Why wouldn't they, how do you know, do you have anything to back that up?From what I understand, there will only be a charge for the non-beta if you do not upgrade to Leopard. It will be built into Leopard. If you are not upgrading to Leopard, and you want to use Boot Camp, you would probably have the beta already. Just keep using that, I haven't had any problems with it.
pointguardJan 22, 2007
Ive heard that it will be built into Leopard. So they wouldn't add $20 to the OS upgrade just for Bootcamp right?
kloud213Jan 22, 2007
well if they charge for a boot loader and some drivers they are silly. thats all there is to that.
monkeybutlerJan 22, 2007
Think about this one before digging me down. Apple was "rumored" to charge $5 for the wireless N fee. People got upset and when it was revealed at $2 then some actually praised the new price as being cheap (despite its something we already own). Maybe the same is going on with Bootcamp.Bootcamp being rumored to be $30 but if they officially come out saying its $15 then people will react positively because its cheaper.