I agree up to a point that there is the psychological factor - but then again Jaguar wasn't a huge upgrade. Definitely worthy of 10.1 to 10.2, but not necessarily worthy of 10.1 to 10.5. 10.0 to 10.1 was a much greater improvement, and that was free (but then, it probably should have been, since 10.0 was more of an experiment).
I think that if Jaguar was named 10.5 instead of 10.2, people would say that it doesn't have enough improvements to be worth of a 10.1 to 10.5 jump. You can't really win; people are going to bitch no matter what. As for .Mac, I suppose I don't really think you can judge it as a bad or a good deal. It just varies from person to person. To one person, who uses all the features, it's a very good deal. To another, who uses the email and nothing else, it's a really bad deal. I don't like it when people rip on .Mac "whiners" (meaning everyone who has ever complained about it). But I also don't like it when people whine and want Apple to not change anything. Obviously, it's a desperate move, made for a reason. Apple wouldn't have done it for nothing. So yeah, they could have done something other than a large suite of half-useless tools for quite a bit of money, but I don't think they could have just sat back and done nothing. I also disagree that it only caused ill will in a few customers. It got to a lot of people, including me. I'm luckily not so affected by it because I have my university email, but it's still annoying. > I think that a lot of complaints about Jaguar pricing have a > psychological origin. (I swear, this is going somewhere!) People hear > that they are getting charged for a upgrade from 10.1 (I am assuming > that most people with X have 10.1 by now)to 10.2 and they think that > it's a small change based on the small number jump. If Apple had > called labeled it 10.5 or something like that, I predict there would > have been a lot less complaining. > > People are such victims of their own minds sometimes. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
