Archive for January, 2006

Apple does the right thing with DTKs

January 10th, 2006  |  Published in Apple, Macintosh

Amidst all the hoopla over the new Intel-based Macs, I’ve seen little coverage of this item: Developers who spent $999 to “rent” a Developer Transition Kit (a G5 case with a Pentium 4 inside) will have the opportunity to exchange it for a 17-inch iMac with the Intel Core Duo inside. For free. And yes, they get to keep the iMac.

I had privately conjectured that Apple might encourage developers to return their DTKs on time by offering a small incentive (like a $500 credit towards a new Intel Mac), but this is even better.