How long should a Mid-2010 MBA get updates?

sniffs · Jan 24, 2013, 05:41 PM

I got a hand-me-down MBA that I just put 10.8.2 on and it runs great. It's a 1.6ghz with 4GB ram, nvidia 320m GPU..

How many updates past it's original OS should I see? 10.8.2 is the latest.. think it'll get updates to whatever nomenclature is after Mountain Lion ?

MatLane · Jan 24, 2013, 05:44 PM

5+

sniffs · Jan 24, 2013, 05:48 PM

Nice! and each update is roughly ~$19.99 ? or is that some special upgrade price for ML?

(sorry I'm fairly new to the Mac work.. within a month I got a MBP and a MBA)

TheRealDamager · Jan 24, 2013, 06:05 PM

Minor updates are free. Major revisions (Mountain Lion, Lion, for example) are generally $20.

krspkbl · Jan 25, 2013, 12:47 PM

To give you an idea, my old macbook (first aluminium unibody) from late 2008 came with 10.5.5 and died with 10.8.2. I upgraded it from 2GB RAM / 250GB HD to 8GB / 256GB SSD. I don't think it would have run as well if it were on its stock specs.

I'm hoping my 2012 air lasts until 10.11.

MTD's Mac · Jan 25, 2013, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by sniffs

Nice! and each update is roughly ~$19.99 ? or is that some special upgrade price for ML?

(sorry I'm fairly new to the Mac work.. within a month I got a MBP and a MBA)

Well, Lion was $30, then Mountain Lion was $20. Before they they used to cost upwards of $100. We could be moving toward a very low cost, download-only OS policy, which is what Apple does with iOS already.

Jan 24, 2013, 05:41 PM	#1
sniffs macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2013	How long should a Mid-2010 MBA get updates? I got a hand-me-down MBA that I just put 10.8.2 on and it runs great. It's a 1.6ghz with 4GB ram, nvidia 320m GPU.. How many updates past it's original OS should I see? 10.8.2 is the latest.. think it'll get updates to whatever nomenclature is after Mountain Lion ?
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Jan 24, 2013, 05:48 PM	#3
sniffs Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2013	Nice! and each update is roughly ~$19.99 ? or is that some special upgrade price for ML? (sorry I'm fairly new to the Mac work.. within a month I got a MBP and a MBA)
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Jan 24, 2013, 06:05 PM	#4
TheRealDamager macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2011	Minor updates are free. Major revisions (Mountain Lion, Lion, for example) are generally $20.
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Jan 25, 2013, 12:47 PM	#5
krspkbl macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: UK	To give you an idea, my old macbook (first aluminium unibody) from late 2008 came with 10.5.5 and died with 10.8.2. I upgraded it from 2GB RAM / 250GB HD to 8GB / 256GB SSD. I don't think it would have run as well if it were on its stock specs. I'm hoping my 2012 air lasts until 10.11.
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