on 17/7/02 19:19, Tim Collier at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 7/17/02 3:37 PM, "Chris Coccia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suppose you're the kind who complains about un-expected sex! Damn! It's > 10.2 and it's going to be great! > Cheer up! > > Tim > >> >> If theyre going to charge $130 for OS X.2 think they should have called it OS >> 11. If its a new OS altogether I can see paying for it. If its a big bugfix >> and adds the features it was originally advertised with as working, well it >> should be free, Id even be happy with the $20 upgrade cd again.
If you'll pardon the pun, I guess they have us by the balls if we're hooked on OS X. We will upgrade, sooner or later, with lots of grumbling, but we will upgrade nonetheless. We're hooked on the OS now, and they can do pretty much whatever they want. OS X offers more to us than Windows XP, there's no way we can go back to OS 9 with its myriad of crashes, and Linux, although the price is right, is a complex OS only suited as a desktop OS to people who have lots of time on their hands to learn the arcane, and know what they're doing. I don't think *NIX geeks would be turned off by paying for upgrades (UNIX users used to have to pay for each and every upgrade). Even Linux users are used to paying for regular upgrades (more often than not though, upgrades are freely downloadable too... though, not easily sometimes, and only if you have a highspeed connection (try d/l 600 MB over a phoneline)). There is a *huge* difference between Linux/UNIX and OS X. *NIX (e.g. YellowDogLinux, Red Hat Linux, Net BSD etc.) are capable OSes, and the GUIs (GNOME, KDE) are even becoming refined, but they are complicated, and that complexity is not hidden deeply at all. If the slightest thing goes wrong, or you need to set up new services, pull out that manual and/or find your local mailing list for help. OS X has that very same complexity, but it is extremely well hidden, to the point that you can run the OS, trouble shoot it, run it through the ringer and *not once* have to delve into the arcane. You can't do *as much* with the GUI as you can with the CLUI (command line user interface), but you can do 99% of what your typical user would ever have to do. *nix lovers will happily pay to have the power of *nix as a desktop OS, but not the headaches of *nix as a server OS. Eric. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
