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Eh. OS X has been on somewhat of a tick-tock update cycle since Leopard. Add features then refine them. Also, it's twenty bucks.
by chrisdroukas 14y ago
Eh. OS X has been on somewhat of a tick-tock update cycle since Leopard. Add features then refine them.
Also, it's twenty bucks.
- dr42 14y agoThe cost has nothing to do with the product, that's determined based on other factors, like how many Mac's OSX sells. There's no straightforward relationship between price number of features. The direction appears to be cheap upgrades, and merging feature sets between IOS and OSX so eventually there's one operating system that changes in unison.
- Zirro 14y ago"The direction appears to be cheap upgrades, and merging feature sets between IOS and OSX so eventually there's one operating system that changes in unison." It is believed by some that Apple will not be pushing their operating systems in this direction: http://daringfireball.net/2012/02/mountain_lion http://daringfireball.net/2012/02/mountain_lion Specifically: "Mountain Lion is not a step towards a single OS that powers both the Mac and iPad, but rather another in a series of steps toward defining a set of shared concepts, styles, and principles between two fundamentally distinct OSes."
- taligent 14y agoI think I might have been misunderstood. I have no complaints with Mountain Lion and think it offers tremendous value. My point was whether there had been a movement of developers to a new iOS/OSX based project e.g. like an AppleTV. Because it seems that iOS6 and Mountain Lion combined seem to lack the combined punch of previous releases.
- gdsf34dfsg 14y agoAgreed. I think they have gone quite carefully on iCloud. Beyond that, actual UI enhancements are minimal. It's more iClouding Apps. Or App improvements. Less to do with the OS itself.
- jaylevitt 14y agoFrankly, if the only punch Mountain Lion packs is "breaks way less", I am first in line.