Report: Apple 'gives away' OS X Snow Leopard for iCloud

To get more users of its soon-to-be-defunct MobileMe cloud service to upgrade to the newer iCloud, Apple Inc. is giving them its OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) as a first step of sorts. Snow Leopard will help Apple users upgrade to OS X 10.7 (Lion), which is required to access iCloud, tech site CNET reported last Thursday. "Apple is giving users of older operating systems a gentle push by making the first step toward upgrading easy: the company is giving away Snow Leopard – the 10.6 version of OS X – to MobileMe users, which will allow them to upgrade to Lion from the Mac App Store for $30," it said. It cited reports that Apple has begun notifying MobileMe members they can receive a free Snow Leopard DVD, but they have only until June 15 to avail of this. Apple has set up a page where MobileMe users can request their free copy of Snow Leopard, CNET said. On the other hand, those who do not upgrade by June 30 may risk losing the chance to get on iCloud from MobileMe at less cost. — LBG, GMA News