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$99 used to be ADC Student, which came with one, nonrenewable hardware discount (one discount, regardless of how many times you renew) and possibly a WWDC stude
by Zev 17y ago
$99 used to be ADC Student, which came with one, nonrenewable hardware discount (one discount, regardless of how many times you renew) and possibly a WWDC student scholarship (you had to apply for it).
$500 was ADC Select, which had one renewable hardware discount plus a couple dev support tickets, prerelease software and 2 compatibility lab visits/month.
There was also ADC Premiere ($1600?) that had even more dev support tickets, multiple hardware discounts, a WWDC ticket and 3 compatibility lab visits/month.
ADC Select and/or Premiere may have also come with WWDC videos from the previous year(s). I know Student didn't.
Now, there's one program with no hardware discount, some (not sure how much) seed access to prerelease software (although, don't know if its simply y++ in 10.x.y or x++) and two (I believe) support tickets.
The programs had different access to videos, I'm not sure what they did/didn't have access to though, don't remember off-hand.
I do wonder whats going on with their Compatibility Labs though, http://developer.apple.com/labs/ http://developer.apple.com/labs/. Doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere and the page still mentions select/premier.
- irons 17y agoSelect and Premiere memberships didn't include WWDC videos per se. Premiere included a WWDC ticket, and attendees do get the video for that year's show, which can otherwise be purchased for about $700. It's a shame about the hardware discounts going away. They had good breaks on the higher-end machines.
- Zev 17y agoI know Select and Premiere had access to more videos than I did with ADC Student. I had thought that it was simply everything. Guess not. Thanks for the correction.
- jacobolus 17y agoDidn’t students who went to WWDC get access to the videos from that year’s talks afterward?
- Zev 17y agoYes, but not WWDC from previous years, which is what I was thinking that Select/Premier would have access to.
- irons 17y agoThose were probably the Coding Headstart videos, also not available to free ADC "online" members. I'm not sure what the online tier is called now, but it does still exist: http://developer.apple.com/programs/register/ http://developer.apple.com/programs/register/ Compatibility lab access is mentioned in the updated terms and conditions, if that means anything.
- larrywright 17y agoThey still have info here about the Select and Premiere programs: http://developer.apple.com/programs/adcbenefits/ http://developer.apple.com/programs/adcbenefits/, and that is linked to at the bottom of the OP's link. Is it possible that those aren't going away?