[Elecraft] Windows vs Mac

[Scott Manthe]

Joe,
This is simply wrong. While Apple releases incremental OS upgrades about 
once a year, Apple doesn't require anyone, let alone "all users," to buy 
an upgrade. I waited over a year before I upgraded to Snow Leopard 
(10.6) and have no plans to upgrade to Mountain Lion (10.8) any time 
soon. My Macs run fine, and Apple is not nagging me to update the OS in 
my old Mac Mini, which is running 10.5. If you have an old Mac, run the 
older OSs. You'll also probably have to run some older programs on it as 
well, but Apple doesn't require you to upgrade your OS.

73,
Scott, N9AA


On 8/24/12 10:56 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>   > Apple hardware has a very good reputation for reliability and
>   > ability to work in harsh environments.
>
> While Apple has a good reputation for reliable hardware, their
> software policies make that long term reliability useless.  Apple
> simply updates the operating system so often - and requires that
> all users purchase each incremental update.  In addition, each
> major version upgrade will not run on less than current hardware
> (e.g. "Mountain Lion" will not run on Intel "Core2 Duo" systems
> that are only a four years old) and many application updates
> require the current OS version.
>
> 73,
>
>      ... Joe, W4TV
>
>