On Jun 1, 2:59 pm, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> It goes : > > Major.Major minor.minor.subminor (if you have that.) Each step is a whole > integer. > > Major is for truly significant changes: OS 7, OS 8, OS 9, OS 10 > > Major minor is for significant changes within the major. 10.2, 10.4, 10.5, > etc. > > Apple has mostly, since OS 7.6, sold each of these as a paid upgrade. A few > were updates, like 8.0-8.1, 9.0-9.2.2 and 10.0-10.1, but 8.1 to 8.6 was paid, > and every OSX version since 10.2 was paid. > > Minor are the updates within a paid update, they're free (at least Apple's > are). 10.4.1-10.4.11 Eleven separate updates were shipped for 10.4 before > 10.5 was released. To put a finer point on this, Apple calls the versions one pays for, such as 10.2, 10.6 "upgrades." The free changes denoted with the second decimal such as 10.6.2 are "updates." Al Poulin -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
