Bill Vinson wrote:
> I see that Apple has finally > released 7.5 for free but still is behind the times as they don't sell > any pre-9.2 Mac OS anymore. 7.5 has been free for a while, at least 5 years now, aren't they gonna make anything newer for free ever? Well technically it is not free they still reserve the rights to the software and still forbid anyone to abuse the "freely" distribute privilege, Apple askes a bunch of websites to shutdown that where distributing System software (from the very first to 7.5) that were indeed doing it with permission and chose several itself. So the ones you see are actually chosen by Apple they are no longer nice companies who decided to sign papers to get permission for distribution rights. Apple wants to make it clear they still have control over ALL of their software, so that no one can copy or reverse engineer it freely and/or without a fight (well Microsoft have done it a million times but they can't do a thing about it). > eBay seems to have 8.5 or 8.6 CDs go for > $40, $50 or more. That is absolutely ridiculous. The OS should be > given away now that Apple has dumped it, but even if it is sold the > price asked is crazy. The OS should be given for free when you buy the Mac from anyone. At least that's my belief. And I mean something dependable not the oldest software the computer could run! Still Apple has the reins here. > Can anyone point me to > a sane source that sells anything in the 8.5 or 8.6 range? I would love > to have a more up to date MacOS but for that price I will run either 7.6 > or I will load OpenBSD or Linux. I don't blame you, I suggest if you have local friends that use the Mac, please look there. Maybe you can buy a CD from them, local User Groups are not as widely available as they used to :( > I have the following copies of Mac OS. > > 7.5 (Came with PowerMac 7100 - Sold, but sent out without OS) > 7.6 (Purchased Universal Install CD) > 9.2.2 (Came with iBook 600 but not used) > 10.1 (Came with iBook 600) > 10.2 (Purchased) Apple thinks that with these restrictions they'll make more money since they believe people are going to go out and purchase their latest OS softtware, yet they don't worry on making their newer software compatible with the old hardware (9.2 should have been compatible with the PPC generation). I mean most of us are here cause we are not rich if we were we'd be paying someone to fix our macs instead of being in a list asking for help, to some of us a $899 computer is still a great commitment for an average income home especially when there are kids involved. An older Mac is usually the solution, to which the new OS usually doesn't work! And then we have to settle to whatever software came with it, cause the OS prices are still out of our budget range. I remember the price for 7.5 right before Apple made it free, the price was just like the ones you're talking about now, some things never change. Oh well. -- ��Liliana�� Human is the only specie in the world that kill just for the fun of it, because they are the only specie in the world who's capable of hate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Millions of animal species have become extinct because of men, there was only one time when humans where close to extinction; ironically it wasn't because of animals. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
