The standalone product has been priced at $499

Aug 20, 2009 12:59 GMT  ·  By

Softpedia has learned that Snow Leopard Server Build 10A433 has been pirated and leaked to torrent websites, where it is freely available for download. Listed as “MAC.OSX.SNOW.LEOPARD.Server.V10.6-HOTiSO,” this copy of Snow Leopard Server is illegal. Softpedia does not condone piracy.

Provided that Apple does ship the new software officially in September (rather than earlier), Mac OS X fans are looking at a couple of weeks' worth of waiting time tops. Via its Snow Leopard Server Up-to-Date Program, Apple is offering buyers of a qualifying server (on or after June 8, 2009) that does not include Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard to upgrade for just $9.95.

Upgrading from Mac OS X Server v10.4 (Tiger) or v10.5 (Leopard) is also easy, but it’s not cheap. Mac OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard, priced at $499, is said to be the most prominent Server Mac OS since Mac OS X Server was originally released. If your Intel-based Mac is running Mac OS X Server v10.4 or v10.5, all you have to do is purchase Mac OS X Server v10.6, read the Upgrade and Migration Guide, and follow the instructions.

As a buyer of the Apple Maintenance Program for Mac OS X Server, one must simply wait for the copy of Mac OS X Server v10.6 to be shipped to their doorsteps when it becomes available. System requirements include a Mac desktop or server with Intel processor, 10GB of available disk space and a minimum of 2GB of RAM.

Softpedia doesn't encourage downloading non-approved, pirated Apple software via file-sharing / torrent sites. This article has a purely informational purpose and doesn't, in any way, suggest that Mac users should go forth with downloading any of the various Snow Leopard / Snow Leopard Server builds currently available on such file-sharing / torrent websites.