Re: AUGD: Apple NFR of Leopard
Re: AUGD: Apple NFR of Leopard
- Subject: Re: AUGD: Apple NFR of Leopard
- From: Deborah Shadovitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:50:29 -0800
On Nov 5, 2007, at 6:33 , Chuck Joiner wrote:
By the time Apple make the NFR copies available for ordering, we have
been out to buy a full priced copy and installed it so that we are
able to help our members who are doing the same thing. We have also
demonstrated it already at our meeting. Apple - you are too late,
again.
Hey folks...
I think that you're missing a key point here.
Sure, the NFR is intended for demo purposes, but the discussion so far
has been that "first impression" demo that we're all anxious to
deliver.
But that's not the bigger picture.
Giving each MUG an NFR assures that you can upgrade you group's
primary
or demo Mac with the current version of the OS, to support not just
that
first demo, but all the demos and activities you'll deliver going
forward.
In short, they just gave your group a $129 (retail) donation (less
shipping and handling) on software that you'll use every single time
you
boot the machine (something you can't say for virtually any other
software your group receives as a donation) and allowed you to stay
current legally.
Sounds to me like a "thank you" is in order.
---Chuck
If the thank you that you suggest here, is a thank you from Apple to
the group leaders who take their time to be a top marketing tool for
Apple, then I agree. Like you just said, Chuck, the group will use it
every time they boot up. That is, it will be seen at every meeting and
Mac software demo for the life of the OS. That's a lot of impressions
Apple is getting.
It's cool that Apple helps the groups, but they are helping groups
help them. Plus, the groups each buy the Mac hardware; no gifts there.
A notice to all group leaders letting them know that a copy will be
available in a week or so would have been easy enough and cool. Maybe
the MUG Advisory Board can lobby for this for the future.
-Deb
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