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Pro&Cons of upgrading 2009 iMac from Snow Leopard to Mavericks?
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1556772"><p>I'm surprised that you haven't put 2+2 together there yet. The REASON we have terrific customer service and **WAY** more reliable machines than ever before AND great prices on some things is BECAUSE Apple charges a "premium" to make all that happen (and focuses on making machines more reliable by removing the things that history has shown to be the cause of the most headaches -- Flash, Java, slot-loading DVD drives and user-installable upgrades!).</p><p></p><p>Maybe you've never belonged to a Gentlemen's club or a country club or some other establishment like that, but this is not a unique model ... pay more up front, get a LOT more of the things that matter to you ... from fancy restaurants to limited-edition album packages to some of the really great car brands ... Apple is a premium brand intended for those who recognise and appreciate "value for money spent" over "least possible cost." Heck, anyone who's ever had to replace a roof knows the difference between the "low bid" and the "solid reputation" is worth the difference in cost (and saves money in the long run).</p><p></p><p>As for this:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm calling shenanigans on this. Perhaps we just have very different ideas of what "very very" means, but I can't think of a single product I would say is "made obsolete" by Apple in a "very very" short timeframe.</p><p></p><p>This is the company that just made Mavericks available as a possible upgrade to hardware that is in some cases as old as seven years! And which offers the latest iOS to devices more than four years old! Now that's not as long an average lifespan as Macs, I grant you, but that is the nature of the mobile industry and hardly Apple-specific.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1556772"] I'm surprised that you haven't put 2+2 together there yet. The REASON we have terrific customer service and **WAY** more reliable machines than ever before AND great prices on some things is BECAUSE Apple charges a "premium" to make all that happen (and focuses on making machines more reliable by removing the things that history has shown to be the cause of the most headaches -- Flash, Java, slot-loading DVD drives and user-installable upgrades!). Maybe you've never belonged to a Gentlemen's club or a country club or some other establishment like that, but this is not a unique model ... pay more up front, get a LOT more of the things that matter to you ... from fancy restaurants to limited-edition album packages to some of the really great car brands ... Apple is a premium brand intended for those who recognise and appreciate "value for money spent" over "least possible cost." Heck, anyone who's ever had to replace a roof knows the difference between the "low bid" and the "solid reputation" is worth the difference in cost (and saves money in the long run). As for this: I'm calling shenanigans on this. Perhaps we just have very different ideas of what "very very" means, but I can't think of a single product I would say is "made obsolete" by Apple in a "very very" short timeframe. This is the company that just made Mavericks available as a possible upgrade to hardware that is in some cases as old as seven years! And which offers the latest iOS to devices more than four years old! Now that's not as long an average lifespan as Macs, I grant you, but that is the nature of the mobile industry and hardly Apple-specific. [/QUOTE]
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