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Apple is going to raise device prices, but when?
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Re: Apple is going to raise device prices, but when?
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Were you actually a Mac user? The initial release of OS X was quite inferior to OS 9--it was an incredible proof of concept and perfect developer target, but for an end user, not so much. I've been in computer labs full of Mac OS 8/9 machines happily browsing the internet so I'm not sure what your claim about "unreliable network stack" is referencing. Unless you mean "a crash requires a reboot" which was true, but al…
If you had good enough hardware to run OS X, running OS 9 stuff in Classic meant that at least you didn't have to restart your whole computer when something froze, just all your OS 9 software. OS X was definitely slow and a bit buggy early on, but IIRC it got good enough for daily use around when Jaguar came out (late 2002?).
Oh sure, by the time 10.2 rolled around, the system was quite usable. All the major apps had been Carbonized.
Re: Apple is going to raise device prices, but when?
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
This sure seems like the Apple way to do it. "The old stuff is now more expensive" is a worse marketing announcement than "the new stuff is awesome, and with it comes a higher price just like most years".
Apple doesn’t increase prices most years, so that doesn’t really make sense. The iPhone Pros this year also look to be a minor update.
I suppose it depends on naming schemes. I view it as the price of the higher tier models go up regularly. Apple markets some model most years at the old model price points which is fair to say stays the same price.