Apple to slow rate of OS X updates

[pinto32]

http://www.theregister.com/2004/05/21/apple_osx_schedule/

"After four years of regular, annual major Mac OS X updates, Apple has pledged to ease its foot off the gas and slow down the operating system's release schedule going forward."

 

[dopefiend]

Yup, this was posted a while back.

 

[pinto32]

I must have missed that when it came out...I did a search and found a thread that was started a few days ago....my bad

feel free to wasteland this

 

[agreenster]

Apparently, they also pledged to ease off of PowerMac revisions to just once a year.

 

[aswitcher]

Apparently, they also pledged to ease off of PowerMac revisions to just once a year.

I think these are good outcomes. It would be interesting to see if they actually lay down rough time frames they plan between all updates... PMs once a year as mentioned, OSX upgrade once every 18-24 months...

 

[CmdrLaForge]

Apparently, they also pledged to ease off of PowerMac revisions to just once a year.

So sad, so sad.

 

[Abstract]

I don't mind the slower rate of OSX update releases, but slower PM updates? Why not update them every 6 months OR whenever IBM has a cool, new processor out for it? It doesn't make any sense to follow a set update schedule when it comes to your most powerful desktop because it won't be so powerful in 12 months. If IBM brings out a new proc 7 months after a previous update, then by all means add it into the PM towers.

 

[agreenster]

Yeah, I was being sarcastic. PM updates every 12 months is rediculous.

 

[Thomas Veil]

I agree.

Too-frequent OS X updates are a pain in the butt to deal with (except for security updates, obviously). But not updating the PowerMacs with new chips whenever possible? That doesn't make sense.

 

[pinto32]

Calm down...he was just making a scarcastic remark. IBM has just had some trouble with with error rates at thier fishkill plant, and thats why the G5's havent been updated yet.

 

[wdlove]

Yeah, I was being sarcastic. PM updates every 12 months is rediculous.

The only positive part is that when you purchase a new Mac it isn't outdated in 6 months. It's sad that there are problems with the G5 that are not being fixed.