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The AppleTV could easily be on an "interim" OSX 10.4.7, when in fact they are planning to share the OS with the iPhones OSX-Lite (whatever that means - certainly much lower memory requirement).

That could be a significant 'upgrade' to the AppleTV, even if they've made the existing OSX look similar to the future one. It could increase performance & enable new functionality.

they stated that periodic updates and enhancements will be provided at no charge to Apple TV customers.

I assume such an upgrade will be free even though it's significant... if so they'd make sure they aren't forced to charge us & this new accounting method may be necessary.

ps. There seem to be a few similar threads... don't think I saw this before.
 
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