IMHO, they make billions every quarter, mostly through the sweat of external developers and over-priced hardware. Instead of hoarding cash in Irish banks, they could have easily dedicated extra resources in support of perfectly good systems.
Ouch! pkouame holds nothing back!
Would make those of us who plunked down thousands over the years happy loyal customers.
Indeed! As I have mentioned before, since I first became an actual Mac owner in 1993, I have spent considerably more money on Mac computers, Mac peripherals, Mac software, etc., than on any other thing in my entire life . . . well, besides things like rent, utilities and food, of course. I have spent more money on Macs than on cars, and on Macs than on medical bills. So, yes, I agree that Apple owes us in that regard.
I'll admit that my systems are fairly old, circa 2008-9, but at the very least they could make it easier for us to support ourselves right? Redemption codes, firewalls for developer releases etc...is all just paranoid madness.
But paranoia has been their modus operandi since day one. I can understand protecting trade secrets, but I agree that Apple has been way too heavy-handed in some regards. I tend to think that it is because they have become too big. When you become that big, you begin to make whatever rules you want, and you don't care what your end users think.
Especially since the beta test programs benefit them so much.
Indeed. We are what make their products better.
I for one am not expecting Apple Support for my hardware, never have. No Genius Bar needed here.
I am pretty much the same way. I use my machines until I run them into the ground. In the 26+ years that I have been a Mac user, I can count on one hand the times that I have taken in a Mac for repair. I have never stepped up to a Genius Bar. I don't even know what one looks like.
Going back to your angst about moving to Sierra. One should carefully consider their need to upgrade.
Agreed. Considering how old this machine is -- 7 3/4 years -- I could have easily stayed on El Capitan until this machine dies completely. But I am a bit crazy in that regard, and sometimes I like to live on the edge, even though I really shouldn't, since I run a web server here.
But for the average Joe, El Capitan (has) run just fine and the UI/UX changes are not significant.
Again, agreed. I didn't upgrade for one single one of Apple's new toys or flashy new features -- although I was hoping that Siri would be a lot better than it is. I mainly upgraded for any possible stability and security improvements.
As always, back-up back-up back-up and then back-up again. Then playing with a shiny new OS is not as stressful.
If there is one golden rule of computing, backup has to be it. I have also harped on this same issue for years now. When you are dealing with buggy betas and GMs, it is crazy, and in fact irresponsible, to operate any other way. We have no one to blame but ourselves if we lose important data.
You may be perfectly happy with 10.12.x for example for another year. Your mileage may vary...
Yep . . . for many of us, this will be the last OS on our current machines. Then it will be money crunch time. This is my last working machine, after all.
