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I love updating my Mac. Each new version makes it better, and problems seem to be minor and rare. It’s worlds different from the Windows upgrade <del>rat-race</
by alanh 14y ago
I love updating my Mac. Each new version makes it better, and problems seem to be minor and rare. It’s worlds different from the Windows upgrade <del>rat-race</del> <ins>process</ins>.
That said, yes, the hardware seems to have a shorter shelf-life than would be ideal. Your computer is, what, 2005 vintage? Seven years is too short, but still an old age in the world of technology, and longer than most competitors’ hardware lasts.
- pkamb 14y ago> Each new version makes it better Since 10.6 that has definitely not been true.
- alanh 14y agoThanks for the objective fact, dear sir. While that may be true w.r.t. stability, the functionality, graphics, and polish have only gotten better. Security, too: consider FileVault 2. That’s what I like.
- sbuk 14y agoDepends on your POV. Personally, I like it. Anecdotally my cousin, independently of me I might add, has just bought an 13" MBA and he seems to think it's like a breath of fresh air. Horses for courses. But, yes, whatever you are using is the best.
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- masklinn 14y agoDo you mean 10.7? Because 10.6 was everything 10.5 was, except better on pretty much every front.
- pkamb 14y agoRight, Snow Leopard was a great upgrade[1]. Lion was a major downgrade. [1] Except for the abysmal changes to Exposé. Luckily there was a hack to get the Leopard version back: http://superuser.com/questions/118424/old-leopard-expose-on-snow-leopard-for-mac http://superuser.com/questions/118424/old-leopard-expose-on-...
- danieldk 14y agoI love updating my Mac. Each new version makes it better, and problems seem to be minor and rare. It’s worlds different from the Windows upgrade rat-race. Huh? I am hoping that my sarcasm radar didn't pick this up. But, most software still runs perfectly fine on Windows XP. In fact, all of our university's Windows computers still run Windows XP (with up to date Creative Suite, Office, SPSS, etc. versions). Since Windows XP was released in 2001 (!), that's eleven years and counting. What rat race?
- alanh 14y agoI mis-spoke. I didn’t mean “rat race.” I meant process. I am not saying there are too many Windows updates; I am saying you are far more likely to have problems after upgrading Windows than you are a Mac. For example, I literally cannot install Windows 7 on a laptop I acquired that shipped with Windows Vista. HP simply does not make the required drivers. It even seems the optical drive will not function correctly during a Win 7 installation attempt. It’s mind-blowingly sucktastic. There are Macs too old for the latest OS X, yes, but they are pretty old, and were able to keep up-to-date for years.
- samspot 14y agoI bought an ibook in 2002 and each time an upgrade was announced I chose not to purchase the upgrade (none of the advertised features appealed to me). Eventually I was not able to run safari anymore which I have never forgiven them for. In my view Apple is charging users for service packs.
- sbuk 14y agoAnd what is wrong with that? Seriously. Who is to say that one business model is better than another? Jaguar to Tiger was a big leap, as was Panther to Leopard; certainly as big a leap as XP to Vista.
- masklinn 14y ago> Eventually I was not able to run safari Of course you were, you were not able to update Safari anymore. And why would you be? > In my view Apple is charging users for service packs. Right, 10.0 to 10.8 is exactly the same OS, just 8 service packs, exactly... (you're joking right?)