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Mountain Lion is the last straw.
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<blockquote data-quote="Doug b" data-source="post: 1412048" data-attributes="member: 59143"><p>And this seems to be the point made by the OP. Another point made (not by the OP) was that Apple makes its money through selling new hardware, and thus pushes out incremental updates which they can use as a patsy to say: "If you want these new features, you'll have to buy new hardware". When in actuality, all it pretty much takes is modifying a plst file or removing one in order to utilize said features with "outdated" hardware. </p><p></p><p>I'm kind of on both sides of the fence here, and think that when you spend several thousand dollars on a computer, it should be relevant for at least 5 years. It's interesting though, what Apple does in terms of innovation. There's NO WAY I can say that MS has done anything interesting enough which would warrant a change in their code that would prevent all those millions of computers running so many pieces of different hardware from running. </p><p></p><p>Think of it.. so many alienated business customers and otherwise. It really does show I guess, that they still retain top market share, which is no secret. Perhaps if the tables were turned, and Apple risked alienating the numbers of customers that MS has, they wouldn't be so quick to do what they do. Not that what they do now is a bad thing, it's just a different business model, and one that I think is definitely shaping things up for other models in the future, in a positive way. It's all about pushing forward, which yes, is sometimes expensive I guess. </p><p></p><p>The only thing I might resent is the push towards cloud computing via iCloud, which is a bit of a strongarm move. It involves being part of the entire ecosystem and at times seems unavoidable. It's not, but many might feel that way. </p><p></p><p>Doug</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug b, post: 1412048, member: 59143"] And this seems to be the point made by the OP. Another point made (not by the OP) was that Apple makes its money through selling new hardware, and thus pushes out incremental updates which they can use as a patsy to say: "If you want these new features, you'll have to buy new hardware". When in actuality, all it pretty much takes is modifying a plst file or removing one in order to utilize said features with "outdated" hardware. I'm kind of on both sides of the fence here, and think that when you spend several thousand dollars on a computer, it should be relevant for at least 5 years. It's interesting though, what Apple does in terms of innovation. There's NO WAY I can say that MS has done anything interesting enough which would warrant a change in their code that would prevent all those millions of computers running so many pieces of different hardware from running. Think of it.. so many alienated business customers and otherwise. It really does show I guess, that they still retain top market share, which is no secret. Perhaps if the tables were turned, and Apple risked alienating the numbers of customers that MS has, they wouldn't be so quick to do what they do. Not that what they do now is a bad thing, it's just a different business model, and one that I think is definitely shaping things up for other models in the future, in a positive way. It's all about pushing forward, which yes, is sometimes expensive I guess. The only thing I might resent is the push towards cloud computing via iCloud, which is a bit of a strongarm move. It involves being part of the entire ecosystem and at times seems unavoidable. It's not, but many might feel that way. Doug [/QUOTE]
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