Re: OT - Academic@$899 upgradeable?

I wonder if there has been a change of heart, because otherwise the pricing scheme makes no sense. $100 discount is not worth losing the ability to upgrade.

I read the new software license included with the product, and there is no mention of upgrade policy.

The language about academic is this:

***Academic Copies: If the Apple Software package has an academic label or if you acquired the Apple Software at an academic discount, you must be an Eligible Educational End User to use the Apple Software. "Eligible Educational End Users" means students, faculty, staff and administration attending and/or working at an educational institutional facility (i.e., college campus, public or private K-12 schools).***

and the language about upgrades is this:

***Updates: If an Apple Software update completely replaces (full install) a previously licensed version of the Apple Software, you may not use both versions of the Apple Software at the same time nor may you transfer them separately.***

So I tend to agree, that the policy is probably what it has always been, which makes no sense anymore with such a small discount.

However, my official apple rep answer the question like this:

"The $899 version WOULD allow upgrades down the road."

So that makes more sense, but I haven't found written confirmation of his statement.