No bloatware as far as I am concerned. With every single mac you purchase, Apple Store or otherwise, comes no bloatware unlike the big PC boys like Acer or HP. > On 28 Sep 2016, at 14:55, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Bloteware? Um, no offense, but I've not seen any bloteware on the mac with > Sierra or the like. Care to elaborate? > --- > Christopher Gilland > JAWS Certified, 2016. > Training Instructor. > > i...@gillandmarketing.com > Phone: (704) 256-8010. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "-dan d." <dandun...@gmail.com> > To: "Alex Hall" <mehg...@icloud.com> > Cc: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 8:27 AM > Subject: Re: Apple kills my little mini with Sierra > > > > No, it is the apple gravy train at work with built in obsolescence as a > marketing approach. > > Pushing bloatware out each year is no excuse and no favor for the end > user. > > On Wed, 28 Sep 2016, Alex Hall wrote: > >> You're not considering the resource needs of the OS itself. New operating >> systems have animations, background tasks, throughput needs, and other >> requirements that must be met or the OS will run slowly and poorly. Apple >> has to decide where those problems become so great that the OS would not be >> usable. Yes, they can disable certain parts, like Airdrop on non-BT4.x >> machines, but eventually they'd be disabling more than they'd leave. >> >> It's like iPhones. When the 4 and 4s were getting upgrades, you'd hear the >> same thing every year. People would scream about how their phone didn't get >> the latest OS, and how terrible is it that Apple is abandoning their >> customers, and on and on. (I'm not accusing you of saying that.) Then, if >> Apple gave old phones an upgrade the next year, people would complain about >> the stuttering animations, the missing features, the slow response times, >> and so on. Apple can either cut off old machines and get hammered about >> money-grubbing and not being responsible for their customers, or they can >> support old machines and get hammered about poor performance and not >> supporting new features. >>> On Sep 28, 2016, at 06:31, Martin Brown <mbrown.bro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I have tried to download Sierra using my 2009 Mac Mini, but was informed >>> that my device was not compatible. I am somewhat surprised at this because >>> my Mini has 4GB of ram and a 500GB hard drive. >>> >>> I say somewhat surprised, but not totally. Perhaps Apple has applied the 7 >>> year rule. Put simply the powers that be feel it is time for me to join >>> Apple's gravy train and spend some cash in their direction. Not a chance Mr >>> Cook. I shall run this little baby up to, and beyond, the point where my >>> smoke alarms start going off. >>> >>> I often hear the argument that Apple only use the very best components in >>> their devices. Very good, but what is the point if the device has to go on >>> the scrap heap half a century before the components might even consider >>> giving up the ghost. Not a lot in my humble opinion. So much for >>> conservation and getting the best out of limited resources. >>> All the best from the last of the Neanderthals somewhere in the UK. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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