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OS X Mavericks Released for All Mac Developers as Golden Master Seed

I can think of at least one potential reason to hope it *isn't* free. Apple already, as others have mentioned, gets the bulk of their money from hardware sales. Right now, even at $20 or $30, as the last three major releases were priced, they're getting something for the software itself even for those with older machines. New versions of iOS cease working with much newer hardware than new versions of OSX, excepting the PPC-Intel transition. Now, from reports of how the new iOS runs on the oldest hardware it supports, it makes sense to cut it off there (or possibly later), but the other side is motivation. Apple naturally wants people to buy new hardware, but that they get something even from updates on older machines gives them incentive to continue including them.
 
Really hope they move to free updates.

I have bought every update since 10.3, but Mavericks adds the fewest noticeable features yet.

While it improves a lot under the hood, why would the average user buy it? Maps? Tags? iBooks? Probably not.
 
Dear god the sense of entitlement is alive and well.

I hope Apple charges for it. Snow Leopard offered minimal outward new features over Leopard. People bought it. In fact I remember Bertrand Serlet mentioning "No new features"

Stop the whining and either pony up and update, or don't bother.

Apple doesn't have to make Mavericks work on anything except its current products. It chooses to do so. If we have to pay a token amount for that privilege then so be it.
 
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cjmillsnun said:
Dear god the sense of entitlement is alive and well.

I hope Apple charges for it. Snow Leopard offered minimal outward new features over Leopard. People bought it. In fact I remember Bertrand Serlet mentioning "No new features"

Stop the whining and either pony up and update, or don't bother.

Apple doesn't have to make Mavericks work on anything except its current products. It chooses to do so. If we have to pay a token amount for that privilege then so be it.
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Totally agree! And, nowadays, most call Snow Leopard the best OS X ever made.
 
Yikes.

cjmillsnun said:
Dear god the sense of entitlement is alive and well.

I hope Apple charges for it. Snow Leopard offered minimal outward new features over Leopard. People bought it. In fact I remember Bertrand Serlet mentioning "No new features"

Stop the whining and either pony up and update, or don't bother.

Apple doesn't have to make Mavericks work on anything except its current products. It chooses to do so. If we have to pay a token amount for that privilege then so be it.
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It's just the obvious progression of Apple's strategy. It's not a matter of if, but if it's this year. I'll gladly pay the $20 if that's what it is. I just don't see them dropping it to $9.99.


cjmillsnun said:
I beg to differ with them. I prefer Tiger ;) but I can't run it on my Macs
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Tiger really was a great system.
 
I like these little updates. Sure it's gonna be $20 but it's not like they're overcharging for these new OS'. We could always get treated like Windows customers who get a new $150 retail price OS every 4-5 years with a dozen more expensive versions.
I'll get this after the .1 release :D :apple:
:cool:
 
cjmillsnun said:
I beg to differ with them. I prefer Tiger ;) but I can't run it on my Macs
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Tiger is really a great OS. My first Mac came with Tiger and I loved it but it is missing too many useful features when compared to SL.. If I had to pick one of those, I'd say Time Machine just to give an example. But let's not turn this into a which one is better discussion eheh.

And to end this matter, I really think it will be a paid upgrade just like I stated before. We will probably be able to get it for $20.
 
Hastings101 said:
I'm 99% sure I paid for iOS 2 back when I had an iPod Touch, maybe even iOS 3 which was ridiculous now that I think about it but I'd never updated something like that before so didn't know any better.

Mobile operating system updates often benefit the corporations that release them (goodies for developers and, in the case of non-Apple, the manufacturers = more money) more than the consumers. Not sure if the same holds true for Desktop versions where most platforms are very mature and the "walled-garden" approach that leads to money from developers doesn't tend to exist like in most modern Mobile operating systems so the charge seems acceptable.
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benji888 said:
I updated my iPhone 3G from iOS 2 to iOS 3 for free...first iOS to have copy & paste, lol.
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iPods wanted you to pay to get the next major version up until version 4. From 4 onwards it was free.
For iPhones it was free.
 
Tyler23 said:
Not yet they haven't, they've given no official word on the pricing for Mavericks. We can only assume it will be $20, and we won't know for sure until they make the official statement.
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I swear I saw the 19.99 during the WWDC announcement.
 
chrf097 said:
I swear I saw the 19.99 during the WWDC announcement.
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Nope, they made no mention of pricing at WWDC.

And for those saying it's always $20, it was $20 for Mountain Lion. Before it, Lion was $30, and before that, they were about $120.

It seems likely that it will be $20, but it could also be $30, $10, or free.
 
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