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OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
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Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#42I don't know enough about the Apple ecosystem to have an opinion, but I wonder whether and how much Apple expects to save on support for older versions of the OS, over time. In addition to being "nice", "free" may have payoffs that at least partially offset supposedly lost revenue from charging for the upgrade.
The cost for Apple operating systems is low or free because the cost is built into the premium cost of the hardware along with a license which does not allow you to install OS X on anything but Apple hardware.
It's a win for consumers not being stuck with old software, and a win for Apple having to be much less concerned with their old software.
Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
A lot of people have macbooks and external secondary displays. Just as you said, these people should be able to go fullscreen on their laptop and still utilize the connected display...
Yes, of course. I didn’t say the feature shouldn’t be there, I said that multi-monitor was broken only for fullscreen, so “Mavericks adds multi-monitor support” is a slight overstatement.
But yeah, I see people have strong feelings about this issue, I just personally don’t get it.
Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#44Can anyone who's already upgraded comment on whether or not Mavericks has really improved battery life (and what hardware you're using)?
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#45Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Although looking at these charts, it seems like right now it's only users who were already on Mountain Lion who are upgrading - the other lines are flat.
Going off the 'chart' (which is probably the worst chart I've ever seen), it looks to me like the bottom line has dropped a lot. I think the bottom line probably isn't Mountain Lion? Are you using some chart where you can actually see which OS is which ? EDIT: The chart is broken in Firefox - it works fine in Webkit only. Goodbye open web, was nice knowing you. Anyway, I see you're right. Lion and Snow Leopard are bo…
Apologies for the lack of support on the chart, SVG rendering is terrible in Firefox.
If you click on the 'Day' view and then 'Show only Mavericks' you can clearly see a rise from 0.20% at 7pm yesterday up to almost 10% at 5pm today. The other lines have had a slight decrease, but yes it does look like Mountain Lion users are upgrading fastest. I'd be surprised if Leopard/Tiger users upgraded quickly as I'm sure they'd be apprehensive of updating their old and potentially fragile kit.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
The latest data point on its own can fluctuate but it's the overall trend that showcases the growth
Yeah, my thinking is that a trendline would be useful.
Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#48That'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.
Spartan (or leather) have a place. User Experience is what matters and flat design often increases the cognitive load as we try to figure things out. There's a lot of figuring out in Mavericks's UI, but I believe those things will get fixed over time. Maverick's is not flat (yet) but as long as it's not, I'm a user.
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#49Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I think that could be to do with some apps not being optimised yet or something. If I browse using Safari on my 15" Retina, I get ~8 hours of browsing, if I use chrome that falls massively down to ~3.5.
Ouch.
But I can hardly see why that could reduce battery life so much. The new power-saving features in Mavericks shouldn't, in theory, lower the battery life. The OS should act like it did under SL unless lots of RAM is needed (I'm at 50%). I'll let the computer go through a couple of power cycles, maybe that'll fix it.