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You make some valid points and some confusing points You want to take advantage of apples free os and app upgrades but still run 13 year old software without p

You make some valid points and some confusing points You want to take advantage of apples free os and app upgrades but still run 13 year old software without paying for upgrades. Why upgrade your Mac? Just keep the one that is working with the software you have for 13 years You want the latest, bug fixed, secure software and OS . The Apple side is free but you will need to sort out the application side . BTW ms OS upgrades are not free. Me thinks you want too much

badsectoracula 7y ago
> You want to take advantage of apples free os and app upgrades but still run 13 year old software without paying for upgrades. I never mentioned price, i wouldn't care if i had to buy the macOS upgrades - and in fact that is what i did when they were paid. My issue is with backwards compatibility. I'm not sure if with "without paying for upgrades" you refer to OS or app upgrades but i'll guess the former (which i explain in the previous paragraph) as the latter makes no sense considering the "13 year old" part. > Why upgrade your Mac? Just keep the one that is working with the software you have for 13 years Because i also want to run newer software that requires functionality introduced in later versions. > You want the latest, bug fixed, secure software and OS . The Apple side is free but you will need to sort out the application side . I'd rather pay the Apple side and be able to use the software i want to use. > BTW ms OS upgrades are not free. Me thinks you want too much Me thinks you misunderstood my message. I don't care if OS upgrades were paid, i care about backwards compatibility. If anything at the very end of the message you replied to i mention that my fear about Windows is Microsoft not seeing the OS as a primary source of income and hence dampening their backwards compatibility efforts. To be clear: i have zero issues with paying for new versions of the OS if it remains backwards compatible. OS price wasn't a factor in my message at all (outside the fear expressed at the end that was targeted mainly to Microsoft).

badsectoracula 7y ago

> You want to take advantage of apples free os and app upgrades but still run 13 year old software without paying for upgrades. I never mentioned price, i wouldn't care if i had to buy the macOS upgrades - and in fact that is what i did when they were paid. My issue is with backwards compatibility. I'm not sure if with "without paying for upgrades" you refer to OS or app upgrades but i'll guess the former (which i explain in the previous paragraph) as the latter makes no sense considering the "13 year old" part. > Why upgrade your Mac? Just keep the one that is working with the software you have for 13 years Because i also want to run newer software that requires functionality introduced in later versions. > You want the latest, bug fixed, secure software and OS . The Apple side is free but you will need to sort out the application side . I'd rather pay the Apple side and be able to use the software i want to use. > BTW ms OS upgrades are not free. Me thinks you want too much Me thinks you misunderstood my message. I don't care if OS upgrades were paid, i care about backwards compatibility. If anything at the very end of the message you replied to i mention that my fear about Windows is Microsoft not seeing the OS as a primary source of income and hence dampening their backwards compatibility efforts. To be clear: i have zero issues with paying for new versions of the OS if it remains backwards compatible. OS price wasn't a factor in my message at all (outside the fear expressed at the end that was targeted mainly to Microsoft).