Upgrade to snow leopard for free

Hey,
Wondering if anyone could help me, my friend bought a 13inch Macbook Pro (2009) just before Snow Leopard was released. I know if you bought your Macbook within a certain period, you could upgrade to Snow leopard for free. However, does anyone know if this is still on offer? As he wants to upgrade to Lion.
Thank you very much,
Reece

No, seems like you had 30 days from purchase to claim the upgrade. The same thing applies to Lion upgrades.
They will have to purchase the $29 SL upgrade and then purchase Lion.
Regards,
Captfred

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I believe that's outdated info, at one time for a short period, if you had a MobileMe account you could call Apple & get 10.6 for free, but 10.6 is only about $20.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Mac OS X Snow Leopard is not free. It can be purchased in a DVD at the Apple Online Store > http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
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Sources online say I'm AOK, and only after I bought it from apple and bring it home do they tell me (as I called to ask about backing up my hd) that I can't use this, that I need the box set with Iwork and Ilife.
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SuperDuper...
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