I don’t expect any rational debate from the Apple crowd, but if someone has a rational rebuttal (non-flaming), I’ll listen. I don’t know a single Mac OS X user who has less than 10.2 installed. Shoes, in particular, are a great example.) If you like the product and the company, you support them and they support you in return. I gladly pay more for certain brands of clothing I happen to know are produced in the same facility where much cheaper brands are produced. (It has much to do with marketing and branding, but many people who post here have a hard time understanding why people would pay more for something when it’s possible they may be able to get a similar product for less. It’s not necessarily rational, but not every reason for choosing a Mac is. However, people who like Apple products and Mac OS X pay the price for upgrades and retain support.
I don’t expect any rational debate from the Apple crowd, but if someone has a rational rebuttal (non-flaming), I’ll listen.įact is, Apple has a poor track record of providing backwards support.Īpple does have a history of poor backwards support, particularly since the introduction of Mac OS X. Funny how my Windows XP disc, purchased three years ago is still completely supported and getting additional features for free. I personally find it disgusting that a company would treat their customers this way (and their abuse of the DMCA is also revolting, but that is another topic), and I for one will not be purchasing their products. APIs like Cocao are quite the exception, and due mostly to the lack of OS X available at launch date (and still only recently have many major apps been ported). I know for a fact that NT 4.0 is supported at least until the end of this year, and it was released in 1996.įact is, Apple has a poor track record of providing backwards support. (Mac is almost extinct on this planet compared to Windows).Īlso, asko cleverly referenced Windows 98, a Microsoft product released three years before OS X 10.0.
I don’t think we should make judgements based on market share, or otherwise Apple users would never get any drivers. A mac user above stated that 10.0 and 10.1 are now completely extinct. Yet the Apple operating systems are completely unsupported now. And 10.1 was released on Sept 29th, about the same time. That’s the same year as Windows XP, which came out October 25th.
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