On Jun 12, 2009, at 2:07 PM, David K Watson wrote:
Also (Tom would know better about this than me) it seems like publishers were among the last switchers to OS X. My home town newspaper was still using OS 9 two years ago!
OS 9 was very capable and very stable (if the person who set it up knew what they were doing). It was more stable than OS X is today. Early editions of OS X had their font management so screwed up (possibly even worse than Windows did) that it was hopeless for publishers. They were right to not switch.
Today OS X still has a slow and sloppy feel about it. Even on a much slower processor OS 9 feels fast and nimble. OS X feels like running with weights tied to your limbs. Apple has yet to FTFF and updates keep breaking things that previously worked. I don't think the folks at Apple who worked on the Finder were Mac users.
I suspect the $29 upgrade price may be an acknowledgment of this. If all it does is FTFF Apple is not going to charge a hefty fee.
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