Panther Pricing

[Stuart Saunders]

	Firstly, my mistake.. I meant 10.0 when i wrote 10.1.  Yes, 10.1 was 
an improvement; I won't state the obvious. However, in spite of having 
10 almost since the release I have only been able to print without 
going back to 9, in the last 3 months, even with a fairly common 
printer. I still have to go right back to 9 (restart) at times for 
other apps.

	It is the buyers of 10.0 and 10.2 who have financed the continued 
development of OS X. To a certain extent, they have been the guinea 
pigs, experiencing the problems and giving the feedback that drives the 
development.  Of course Apples lawyers refuse to allow Apple to say 
'thank you for your suggestion'  for fear that subsequently some other 
lawyer on contingency, sniffs deep pockets and goes for Apples throat.  
'Thank you' is a common courtesy thing. That is why I no longer send 
suggestions to Apple.

	Yes Amber, Apple can charge whatever it likes. It doesn't mean we have 
to like.

	It would be nice to see Apple acknowledge its faithful, the ones who 
did not desert when times were not so good for them. My first Mac was a 
Fat Mac, (512k) close to twenty years ago. Macs ever since.

	A price of say $69 for Panther for those who have bought two previous 
OS Xs, or say $99 for those who have one, I think not unreasonable; 
would help Apple reestablish its street cred with it's following.  It 
would reduce my cost of OS X from $387 to $327; not exactly a 'gift'.

Stuart wrote
Looking forward to Panther, but not looking forward to buying OS X for
the third time. Reckon those that bought 10.1 (all but useless) and
10.2 (good) should get 50 off on Panther.
S.
Amber wrote:


Of course, nobody (including Apple) is forcing you to upgrade and buy
Panther - nor any of the other upgrades you paid for in the past.
Why should they offer discounts ? It is not like Jaguar will no longer 
work
now that Panther is available. You could still continue using your Mac
without Panther and manage just fine.

BTW...I don't understand why you are so interested in buying Panther 
given
that you obviously have not been impressed by previous upgrades ?
    As I said, 10.2, particularly later incantations, have been good.
         With Panther it looks like OS X is delivering something really good.
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