>> > > While Apple has a good reputation for reliable hardware, their > software policies make that long term reliability useless. Apple > simply updates the operating system so often - and requires that > all users purchase each incremental update.
Partly true, but with a major caveat. Point upgrades, e.g. Lion (10.7) to Mountain Lion (10.8) cost a "budget busting" $20. Updates within that point level (e.g.10.8.1 to 10.8.2) cost nothing. I can purchase a whole lot of future Apple OS upgrades for the price of one copy of Windows 8. > In addition, each > major version upgrade will not run on less than current hardware > (e.g. "Mountain Lion" will not run on Intel "Core2 Duo" systems > that are only a four years old) and many application updates > require the current OS version. Mountain Lion will not run on machines that have a 32-bit EFI (bios). It has nothing to do with the processor type. My going on 5 year old Core 2 Duo Mac Book Pro runs just fine with 10.8. My 2007 Quad Core Mac Pro does not, because it has a 32-bit (rather than 64-bit) EFI. Time passes, technology changes. You might be able to load Windows 8 on some ancient machine, but getting it to run in any useful way is a completely different issue. And realistically, most computer systems are getting pretty ancient at the 5 year mark. > Grant/NQ5T ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
