I'd say this is a characteristic that's fairly common among Windows applications (especially less-reputable software) but uncommon among Mac applications. My a

I'd say this is a characteristic that's fairly common among Windows applications (especially less-reputable software) but uncommon among Mac applications. My anecdotal evidence from helping friends and family is that Macs don't suffer from "Windows rot" [1] the same way that PCs do. My hypothesis: due to differences in the developer communities for each platform. [1] http://www.google.com/search?q=windows+rot http://www.google.com/search?q=windows+rot