It was always on the cards.....the App Store is a cash cow for Apple, plus there is the environmental benefits and cash savings for going digital distribution.
Don't forget Apple is predominantly a US-centric company....they couldn't care less if Mrs Smith of Nannup only has a 512k adsl link with a 500meg limit..... In saying that, don't be surprised if Apple release a DVD via their online store for special circumstances. And now that mobileme will be free, I can get my mac.com address back without all the spam! Speaking spam, all of it was coming from my old ozmac.com forwarding address. Anyone know how to turn that forwarding off? Cheers Rod On Jun 7, 2011 9:01 AM, "Ronda Brown" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes Daniel, > > From what I have so far read … I’m NOT happy. > The things I did NOT want to happen, but felt would happen … have happened! ;-( > > Major upgrades direct & only from the App Store is not what I wanted, especially for some of my clients. > Some of my country clients have slow Networks & small download limits. I often need to download the updates on my connection & place onto an external drive so I can install for them. > > I’ll reserve my final judgement until more information becomes available. > > We MobileMe members from dot.mac days have already received emails informing us of the change to iCloud. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 07/06/2011, at 2:53 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > >> >> On 7/6/11 1:42 AM, "cm" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Daniel, >>> >>> The following is a cut-and-paste from the Mac Rumuours live coverage of the >>> WWDC keynote address which I was silly enough to stay up for. The excerpt is >>> best read from bottom to top to follow the time sequence. I'll have an >>> espresso thanks. :-D >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Carlo >>> >>> 10:38 am Available for everyone else in July >>> 10:38 am New dev preview today. >>> 10:37 am $29.99 >>> 10:37 am Buy once. Install on all macs like all Mac app store apps. >>> 10:37 am 4Gb >>> 10:37 am Lion available only on Mac App Store >> >> >> One thing that "annoys" me with this,...and this is just my personal >> opinion,...but for people that are on "small" downloads are being penalised. >> I know some clients that have 2GB limits. >> How are they to get a 4GB download?? >> And sometimes with it charged at excess rates of 15c/MB that makes the >> remainder 2GB of the download costing them about $300 if they don't realise. >> As it's purchased through the Mac App Store, then it's not like you "burn it >> DVD" for them or something. >> >> Maybe I'm missing something here, and more info will become available later. >> Sure, maybe for the US where download limits are large and internet is >> cheap. But unfortunately we still have some low limits here in Australia. >> >> Again, maybe I'm missing something, or I'm not "keeping up with the times" >> but I just think there should be a couple of options. For those that don't >> realise or unsure about it, doesn't it leave them out of the loop for Lion? >> >> I suppose the other problem I see with this, is if you have to download it >> is that some clients don't want to do that. They feel more comfortable with >> hiring someone to come out and do it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to >> sound like I'm complaining about a loss of income or anything. I just know >> that for some, they may not feel comfortable in downloading and installing. >> They prefer to call me out to do it. I can't now go out and say,..oh, well I >> have to sit here for a couple of hours while this downloads. >> Sure I could say,..well start it downloading and call me when it's finished >> if you have any problems. >> I'm guessing that once it's downloaded you can burn the dmg file to install >> it, but then you wouldn't be able to do that as a) it wouldn't have been >> paid for, for another client and b) wont' give correct "download figures" to >> Apple. >> Maybe there will be a "pay but don't download" option. >> >> I guess time will tell. >> Just a couple of things that sprung to mind when I saw it. I mentioned it to >> another friend of mine who was online at the time and they said, "oh, guess >> I'll have to watch my downloads for that month as I won't have much of my >> allowance". So really, they are sort of being penalised in a way. >> But, as mentioned, if it can be paid for and not downloaded, that may be a >> work around. :o) >> >> Oh well,...Im' sure as more info comes out we'll know. :o) >> On that note,..time for some sleep I think,..the iCloud info is still >> scrolling through MacRumors,...but I'll read the rest in the morning. Have >> to be up in 3 hours,..sigh. >> >> Some of the iCloud stuff sounds cool. :o) >> >> Kind regards >> Daniel >> >> --- >> Daniel Kerr >> MacWizardry >> >> Phone: 0414 795 960 >> Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> >> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >> >> >> **For everything Macintosh** > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
