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Apple Will Release OS X Mavericks Today as Free Download

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At its media event today, Apple announced that OS X Mavericks, the next version of its Macintosh operating system, will launch today on the Mac App Store. Mavericks will be available exclusively through the Mac App Store for free.

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As we covered in our Mavericks roundup, the new OS will include enhanced multiple-monitor support, big improvements to the Notification Center, an improved Finder, better power management, and improved performance in Safari.

Mavericks also includes a number of brand new features, including a new iCloud Keychain function to save passwords across iOS and Mac devices, new Mac apps for iBooks and Apple Maps, along with UI redesigns for a number of built-in applications.

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That's great. Apple didn't have to do this, but it is a nice touch for Mac users. I'm guessing they want to go to a more iOS-like updating scheme. Its one more way that makes the upgrading process easier for people.
 
Will Mavericks load on machine "back on Snow Leopard"

My question: The keynote says that "If you're back on Snow Leopard (10.6), it's free".

My old school iMac, 2.16 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2 GB 667 MHz DDR 2 sdram, running Lion (10.7) could not handle Mountain Lion. It would not even allow me to download it. An older machine running Snow Leopard would CERTAINLY not be able to run Mountain Lion.

What is the point of saying you could upgrade from Snow Leopard for free, if those machines are not powerful enough to run Mavericks? UNLESS, Mavericks can run on the older machines that Mountain Lion could not run on...

Any thoughts?
 
I wonder if any of the hardware usage changes they mentioned will also affect the bootcamp side of things, or if the upgrade will break the bootcamp partition
 
Have they listed minimum hardware requirements yet, for those of us with "older" machines?
 
Snow Leopard was still shipping on Macbook Pro's in mid 2011. My 2011 came with snow leopard, which I upgraded to Lion, and Mountain Lion and I'm sure would handle Mavericks without any issues. I had the beta on it for quiet some time.

foqus555 said:
My question: The keynote says that "If you're back on Snow Leopard (10.6), it's free".

My old school iMac, 2.16 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2 GB 667 MHz DDR 2 sdram, running Lion (10.7) could not handle Mountain Lion. It would not even allow me to download it. An older machine running Snow Leopard would CERTAINLY not be able to run Mountain Lion.

What is the point of saying you could upgrade from Snow Leopard for free, if those machines are not powerful enough to run Mavericks? UNLESS, Mavericks can run on the older machines that Mountain Lion could not run on...

Any thoughts?
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Hmmmmm... mine probably came with Leopard then. So long ago I can't remember. Oh well, if Mountain Lion won't load, then I guess it's time for a new iMac. I think I can justify it to the wife now.



Dekard said:
Snow Leopard was still shipping on Macbook Pro's in mid 2011. My 2011 came with snow leopard, which I upgraded to Lion, and Mountain Lion and I'm sure would handle Mavericks without any issues. I had the beta on it for quiet some time.
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