> "Apple's gonna make me pay for an upgrade...I'm gonna dump it all!" > > you people sound like Linuxfreeks "How dare you charge for something! > It's always supposed to be free! Waaaaah! Waaaah!"
I don't think anyone is saying that at all. > 1) 10.2 is a major upgrade. Bigtime major. Like, from 7.6 to 8.1 major. > There's a huge amount of new technology in this release. It surely is a major upgrade. Here's the thing though- actual updated functionality is not that big- it's major improvements to the infrastructure. Where you hear the disappointment is generally related to many people thinking that the original OSX was long on promises and short on delivery. It's kind of similar to filemaker- awhile back they had an upgrade that added hardly anything but essentially financed a rewrite of core parts of the app. People said "oh, that's ok the next version will be awesome". They've done it a few times, and now their user base is starting to hate them. It's almost frightening. Beyond the performance enhancements, there isn't much new in 10.2. But for a lot of people, OSX is grating on them due to performance issues. So they're having to upgrade just to fix something that wasn't optimal when it was sold to them. Whether you agree or disagree, surely you can see where they're coming from. > Almost as bad as all the people screaming bloody murder over mac.com > charging now. Well, it's slimy. It's a money grab, and people can see that- consider it a wake up call to the apple purists. Kind of like the first time your kid talks a parent... Just surprising that apple would do it. Either way you slice it really, it's slimy, microsoft-like. They pushed it down people's throats when they setup their mac, pushed it as a value-added reason to buy, got the consumer base dependant on it and then said "oh, by the way, pay us or we'll cut you off now". Let's say you took a job and one of the conditions was that they'd give you a company car, and they asked you to use that car because it had their logo and promoted their company. Well, you don't need =two= cars, so you just use the company car and sell your other car even though it runs better. Then a bit later they come in and say "we want you to pay for the company car now". You might not leave the company, but the value of working there has just been decreased, and you definitely will lose good will towards it. What apple did was slimier than the above- it's business, but slimy business and leaves a bad taste in your mouth. You'd hear no one bitching if apple cut back the free services, or kept what they had and =added= new pay services. > (folks...price what you get with .mac from other isp's and or online > services...you'll be paying a lot more than $8.30 a month. *If* you can > get it.) Not true. I can point you to a bunch of places that'll give you a bunch of emails and web space for $8 a month or less. You'd have to get your online greeting cards somewhere else, though. Michael Bryan Bell ------------------ ICQ: 16106263 Yahoo: mhbell1 No Link for you! AIM: drunkenbatman -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
