I have no way of knowing but, I think it would be better to bet on them charging at least an upgrade fee like they have in the past with OS 9 : $99.00 or there abouts.
If not I'll be pleasantly surprised. Better to be prepared than hearing the collective groan of people feeling they were let down by a rumor.
It really isn't unreasonable to think they'll do the same thing they did with 10.1. They did it once for a reason. It's been done. It isn't imagination or fairy-wishing. They did it. They gave away an entirely new version of the operating system so they could put some of the many bugs of 10.0 behind them. To move back to charging that reason would have to be invalid or superseded, i.e., 10.1 would have to have no bugs supporting which genuinely wastes Apple's time and money. Ha! Ha ha ha ha *cough* *hack*.
Apple will move back to charging us for an operating system upgrade when the new version is just feature upgrades, instead of fundamental kernel issues. That is, ironically, when we need the new versions less.
It's not as if Apple doesn't plan on major discounts from time to time. What the heck do you think all those software coupons you have are for? Three per OS, no less! Free or majorly discounted upgrades are always something they've wanted to have the infrastructure to do without giving the OS free to, say, 8.0 users, if market forces determine that they should.
There's a fundamental difference between the 10.1 upgrade and the Jaguar upgrade. That is, namely, usability. 10.0.x was completely useless for a lot of people because they couldn't use many (all?) of the big name apps without 10.1. Office, PS7, Flash, DW, etc. all required 10.1 or higher. They could not justify charging people for an upgrade that would just make their OS usable for the first iteration of native OS X apps. Jaguar, OTOH, is not just a usability upgrade. There are new features, applications, etc., that warrant an upgrade price. It's not just bug fixes and speed improvements. New features galore in this one. Need some examples?
Rendezvous, which has been heralded as the greatest thing since sliced bread.
iChat
Ink
Quartz extreme
Tons of accessiblity options and interface enhancements.
I'll be the first in line at the Apple Store, money in hand when this one comes out. I'll be looking to see how many of you "It should be free just because I want it to be!" people will be behind me.
Still, paying for iChat? It's AIM, for goodness sakes. That's FREE. So are many multi-system clients. iChat doesn't begin to enter in the chargeable features set.
New network drivers and a new feature for those of us with tablets hardly justify a fee either.
Fundamentally, though, 10.1 is still broken. You may not think so if you don't own a notebook, but notebook owners deserve a power-management system that provides more than 30% of the advertised battery life and doesn't, from time to time, require sending the whole unit back to Apple to be reset. Apple's going to have a much easier time if it gets those notebook users off its back.
Fundamentally, though, 10.1 is still broken. You may not think so if you don't own a notebook, but notebook owners deserve a power-management system that provides more than 30% of the advertised battery life and doesn't, from time to time, require sending the whole unit back to Apple to be reset. Apple's going to have a much easier time if it gets those notebook users off its back.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I've been a notebook person as long as I've been a Mac person and I don't think that OS X is broken. Sure, power management is not what is should be, but it's not bad either. I have absolutely no major problems with the OS at this time and I've been using it since DP4. If the OS were never upgraded again, I wouldn't be too upset (note the bold around the OS. The apps could use some work, notably, Mail and the addressbook). I love OS X and I would never consider going back to 9, even for its superior power management. Hell, it's not even on my computer anymore. Here's to Jaguar (and it's not going to be 10.2). Looking forward to seeing everyone in the figurative line to get it. :cool:
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If not I'll be pleasantly surprised. Better to be prepared than hearing the collective groan of people feeling they were let down by a rumor.
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Apple will move back to charging us for an operating system upgrade when the new version is just feature upgrades, instead of fundamental kernel issues. That is, ironically, when we need the new versions less.
It's not as if Apple doesn't plan on major discounts from time to time. What the heck do you think all those software coupons you have are for? Three per OS, no less! Free or majorly discounted upgrades are always something they've wanted to have the infrastructure to do without giving the OS free to, say, 8.0 users, if market forces determine that they should.
Rendezvous, which has been heralded as the greatest thing since sliced bread.
iChat
Ink
Quartz extreme
Tons of accessiblity options and interface enhancements.
I'll be the first in line at the Apple Store, money in hand when this one comes out. I'll be looking to see how many of you "It should be free just because I want it to be!" people will be behind me.
huh? whats it been 14 months or so? huh? again.
Still, paying for iChat? It's AIM, for goodness sakes. That's FREE. So are many multi-system clients. iChat doesn't begin to enter in the chargeable features set.
New network drivers and a new feature for those of us with tablets hardly justify a fee either.
Fundamentally, though, 10.1 is still broken. You may not think so if you don't own a notebook, but notebook owners deserve a power-management system that provides more than 30% of the advertised battery life and doesn't, from time to time, require sending the whole unit back to Apple to be reset. Apple's going to have a much easier time if it gets those notebook users off its back.
<strong>Oh, I'll be there either way.
Fundamentally, though, 10.1 is still broken. You may not think so if you don't own a notebook, but notebook owners deserve a power-management system that provides more than 30% of the advertised battery life and doesn't, from time to time, require sending the whole unit back to Apple to be reset. Apple's going to have a much easier time if it gets those notebook users off its back.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I've been a notebook person as long as I've been a Mac person and I don't think that OS X is broken. Sure, power management is not what is should be, but it's not bad either. I have absolutely no major problems with the OS at this time and I've been using it since DP4. If the OS were never upgraded again, I wouldn't be too upset (note the bold around the OS. The apps could use some work, notably, Mail and the addressbook). I love OS X and I would never consider going back to 9, even for its superior power management. Hell, it's not even on my computer anymore. Here's to Jaguar (and it's not going to be 10.2). Looking forward to seeing everyone in the figurative line to get it. :cool: