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This is aggregate data from the GoSquared analytics network. All figures are up to the minute with historical context to show the trend.
In other words, the percentage can go lower or higher as more elements are added to the dataset.
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>> "Apple has made it so easy to upgrade OSes" I think this is the key. Last night it took only a few clicks to download and install Mavericks. I walked away, came back a couple of hours later and it was finished. My stuff was exactly where I left it. When I used Windows only crazy people upgraded. Most people did a clean install of the OS then spent days reinstalling software and putting files back where they were s…
> I walked away, came back a couple of hours later and it was finished. FWIW, yesterday I installed Mavericks on two Macs. On a Late 2009 Mac mini, the installation process took 40 minutes (upgrade from Mountain Lion). On a Mid 2012 MacBook Air, the installation process took 30 minutes (upgrade from Mountain Lion).
That's because it's a free upgrade that improves speed, battery life, adds multi-monitor support, and removes the dumb leather interfaces. This is the first time since Snow Leopard that I felt new OS X was an upgrade; not a downgrade just to continue using Xcode.
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In other words, the percentage can go lower or higher as more elements are added to the dataset.
It seems way too noisy to me. Like a data point can swing from 4.59% to 2.66% in a minute interval. That's nearly doubling, so how can you interpret either value?
That's because it's a free upgrade that improves speed, battery life, adds multi-monitor support, and removes the dumb leather interfaces. This is the first time since Snow Leopard that I felt new OS X was an upgrade; not a downgrade just to continue using Xcode.
I was anxious while updating from SL yesterday. I'll have to wait before judging the product, but from the moment it booted I felt like I made the right choice. One caveat: SL provided me with ~6 hours of browsing battery life while M predicts I'll manage only 4.5 on a 2009 15" MBP.
That's because it's a free upgrade that improves speed, battery life, adds multi-monitor support, and removes the dumb leather interfaces. This is the first time since Snow Leopard that I felt new OS X was an upgrade; not a downgrade just to continue using Xcode.
I honestly don’t get the fuss about multi-monitor support. Mavericks doesn’t add multi-monitor support, it’s always been there. What Mavericks does is fix multi-monitor behavior for fullscreen applications, which I personally would never use on a display larger than 13" anyway, non-fullscreen behavior hardly changed, so I really don’t understand the big deal.
Possibly a big part of this fast adoption is that you can upgrade to Mavericks from previous OSX releases - you can skip over Mountain Lion, etc. So a lot of the people who never paid to upgrade their OS before can now skip directly to Mavericks and get all of the previous OS improvements for 'free'.
That's impressive, but then again Apple is _giving away_ copies, so I'm not too surprised. It's more interesting considering what this means as an Operating System developer. If they're giving away copies, it shows that Operating Systems are truly commoditized (as well as the huge profits that Apple is raking in!)
No all it really shows is that it's a loss leader for Apple. Much the same way Microsoft made the browser a loss leader because it made money on the OS, Apple is making the OS a loss leader because it's making money on the hardware.
What they are doing here is to integrate ongoing support for OS upgrades into the cost of the computer.
Considering the Apple marketing machine is going full force, it doesn't seem like a jaw-dropping number. But, again, no context.