The every-other release is free theory is bunk. Major releases, aka a full point one for OS X, will cost the full price. People get thrown because they look to the Classic Mac OS for precedence, but this is not OS 9 or before; follow NeXTstep's and OpenStep's numbering schemes. Besides, Apple didn't folow any particular system for version numbers before OS X anyway, just look at the weird release names during the System 7 days, and at how OS 9 was going to be OS 8.7 until they needed to put something between 8 and X (10).
I'm eligible for the student discount so I'll probably wind up paying $69 like I did for Jaguar. On the other hand if I can scrape up the bucks for a new tower I may do that instead.
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How do any of us KNOW that 10.3 will cost anything? What happened to the "every other release is free" theory?
(OK, yes, there's a reasonable chance that it will cost something. But my point is . . . why are we all just automatically ASSUMING it will?)
Originally posted by CommonSense
why are we all just automatically ASSUMING it will?)
There's an old saying from where I come that I like to follow:
"Hope for the best. Be prepared for the worst."
When dealing with Apple, I find you must do the latter else suffer disappointment at your own fault.
Originally posted by BuonRotto
The every-other release is free theory is bunk. Major releases, aka a full point one for OS X, will cost the full price.
You mean like 10.1?
Originally posted by CommonSense
You mean like 10.1?
Strictly an exception, a one-time deal only due only to the state of 10.0, unless of course you think 10.2 is that, uh, let's say "fresh."