Star Whatever Happened to... Mac OS X Leopard?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Aug 2006 19:23 UTC
Mac OS X Paul Thurrot, everybody's favourite Microsoft Apple Microsoft zealot, writes on his webpage: "It's funny. Apple calls Microsoft a copy-cat, and yet, I feel like I've seen some of these features somewhere before. Many of the features, however, are just sad. Is this really the best they had to show off right now?" El Reg agrees with him, saying: "On the basis of the evidence so far the sixth release of Mac OS X is, to put it bluntly, a point release." Update by ELQ: A related editorial by Wired.
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RE: It is a point release stupid!
by raxrat on Tue 8th Aug 2006 22:12 UTC in reply to "It is a point release stupid!"
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2006-01-05

"The only issue I do have with Apple's scheme is that they charge you for a point release. If it ends up that this release really isn't much more than the article claims then I can't really justify Apple's pricing."

Sure you can, the price of the point releases subsidizes their development. In this case, the porting/optimization to Intel machines. You either buy one or you buy a new (Intel) Mac and the cost of the OS is included in the hardware. You don't think that upgrades all the way back to 10.0 should be free, do you? Only the "good" ones then? By the way, Windows XP Pro is still selling for $300. The thing is 5 years old!

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