I will have to say being able to dump ping off of it is a huge reason to make it worth the upgrade. I hate ping and just wanted it to go away. Looks like Apple listen to its user bitching for once instead of the normal reaction of we know best.
Since support is provided for the current and the previous OS, it is $129 every four years. Hardly something that breaks the bank.I guess you like forking out 129 dollars every other year for the required updates just to be able to use software.
Since support is provided for the current and the previous OS, it is $129 every four years. Hardly something that breaks the bank.
Just keep apologizing for Apple screwing over its customers. Do not mind the fact that they force the updates down on you. Require you to pretty much keep buying a new OS to really be able to do most things.
It is said Windows has a 9 year old OS supported by Apple. Compared to 3-4 year old support for Apples own OS. Speaks volumes about how little they think of their own users.
Just keep apologizing for Apple screwing over its customers. Do not mind the fact that they force the updates down on you. Require you to pretty much keep buying a new OS to really be able to do most things.
It is said Windows has a 9 year old OS supported by Apple. Compared to 3-4 year old support for Apples own OS. Speaks volumes about how little they think of their own users.
You no more have to buy new versions of the OS than you have to buy new versions of any software. If you're going to upgrade iLife, yes, sometimes you'll have to upgrade the OS as well (though usually we're talking 4+ years at least). Big deal.
Can't imagine it's really a hardship for anyone who can actually purchase a Mac in the first place, and it's no more than you'd spend on a PC in the same amount of time for both software upgrades and OS upgrades, assuming you can, plus you're more likely to replace the PC during that time period (on average).
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It is said Windows has a 9 year old OS supported by Apple. Compared to 3-4 year old support for Apples own OS. Speaks volumes about how little they think of their own users.
It seemed OK to me the last time I saw an XP machine - which was a long time ago, admittedly.1) Not sure you have ever used iTunes w/ Win XP. It's not a pleasant experience.
Nonsense. XP currently only has around 51% of the Windows market share. W7 has sold more than XP did in the same time frame.2) M$ didn't intend for XP to last 9 years. They just couldn't get their act together long enough to push out a decent replacement. Apple supports a 9 year old Win b/c that is, in effect, the current version. (Most Win users only upgrade the OS when they buy a new machine).
Nonsense. XP currently only has around 51% of the Windows market share. W7 has sold more than XP did in the same time frame.
Yep, shows you how well it worked!51% of PCs are still running an OS which is 9 years old? Wow...![]()
2001... Good old times...![]()
Yep, shows you how well it worked!
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2001/10/macosx-10-1.ars/13 said:10.1 is as good a version as any to dip your toe into. Windows users should not expect a feature set remotely comparable to Windows XP
Yep, shows you how well it worked!
An interesting question to ask would be which of these OS's you'd want to use today, if there was no other choice:
- OS X 10.0/10.1
- Mac OS 9.2
- Windows XP
51% of PCs are still running an OS which is 9 years old? Wow...
Yepp. No doubt. But it also shows that the replacement sucked.Or do you honestly believe MS intended that users keep XP installed for such a long time?
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Honestly? XP. It just seems so much more responsive than Apple computers of yore.
Not to distract this whine with facts, but SP3 was enabled in Windows automatic update in July 2008.
One can say that XP is nine years old, or one can say that it is two years old. Both claims can be supported.
One can say that XP is nine years old, or one can say that it is two years old. Both claims can be supported. What is unsupportable is to claim that the XP from 2001 is the same OS as XP SP3.
Rodimus Prime said:It is said Windows has a 9 year old OS supported by Apple. Compared to 3-4 year old support for Apples own OS. Speaks volumes about how little they think of their own users.
So to sum it up: XP with SP3 is 2 years old and running on 51% of all PCs and Apple supports it with the latest iTunes build. So what exactly is the problem?![]()
Yes, I agree. But then it is not so surprising, that:
So to sum it up: XP with SP3 is 2 years old and running on 51% of all PCs and Apple supports it with the latest iTunes build. So what exactly is the problem?![]()
Actually, Itunes supports XP SP2 from August 2004 - so Itunes is supported on 6 year old Windows systems.
Is there much of a compatibility issue between XP with SP2 and SP3? Probably not so much anyway, but I could be mistaken.
SP2 is significantly changed from SP1 and earlier, so it's not uncommon for SP2 to be the minimum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XP_SP2#Service_Pack_2
SP3 has some new features, but unless software needs the SP3 features incompatibility is unlikely. SP3 has some features back-ported from Vista for better compatibility with Vista/Server2008 systems.