The days of downloading a new update

mac15 · Sep 17, 2002, 09:04 PM

Well since apple released OSX , we haven't yet seen an update that was free and we were able to download, I'm talking about a big update like from 10.1 to 10.2 no the little updates we have come to love

Back in the days of OS9 people jumped from 9.1 to 9.2 in an 80mb download will we ever see this again from apple or will they once again revamp the whole system and make up pay

my 2 cents

sparkleytone · Sep 17, 2002, 09:50 PM

"big" updates of a robust *NIX OS require ALOT more than 80MB downloads. The bandwidth burden wouldn't be cost effective for Apple.

These days incremental updates are approaching 20+ MB.

mac15 · Sep 18, 2002, 03:30 AM

but will we ever see a version number jump up like M$ sp1 which was only 130mbs?

eyelikeart · Sep 18, 2002, 08:58 AM

I'd rather get big updates on cd rather than sit and download them through the net...where they have a good chance of somehow corrupting along the way...

Sep 17, 2002, 09:04 PM	#1
mac15 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sydney	The days of downloading a new update Well since apple released OSX , we haven't yet seen an update that was free and we were able to download, I'm talking about a big update like from 10.1 to 10.2 no the little updates we have come to love Back in the days of OS9 people jumped from 9.1 to 9.2 in an 80mb download will we ever see this again from apple or will they once again revamp the whole system and make up pay my 2 cents __________________ Check out my guiKitting at the theflanneleffect
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Sep 17, 2002, 09:50 PM	#2
sparkleytone macrumors 68020 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Greensboro, NC	"big" updates of a robust *NIX OS require ALOT more than 80MB downloads. The bandwidth burden wouldn't be cost effective for Apple. These days incremental updates are approaching 20+ MB. __________________ "The Reality Distiortion Field™ is starting to warp Steve's mind if he thinks for one second that this thing is gonna take off."
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Sep 18, 2002, 03:30 AM	#3
mac15 Thread Starter macrumors 68040 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sydney	but will we ever see a version number jump up like M$ sp1 which was only 130mbs? __________________ Check out my guiKitting at the theflanneleffect
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Sep 18, 2002, 08:58 AM	#4
eyelikeart Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Metairie, LA	I'd rather get big updates on cd rather than sit and download them through the net...where they have a good chance of somehow corrupting along the way...
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