[Elecraft] Windows vs Mac

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> 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.

You can't upgrade to Mountain Lion from Leopard (10.5) as Apple will
not allow that.  The user *must* upgrade through each major version
if the hardware will support it.

> You'll also probably have to run some older programs on it as well,
> but Apple doesn't require you to upgrade your OS.

But there's the rub ... one can't stay current with even incremental
upgrades and bug fixes on many applications without staying current
on the operating system upgrades.  Apple enforces that with iTunes
(needed to sync iPad, etc.) and in the support for development systems
by what is available in the software libraries (equivalent to Windows
DLLs).  Try running the *current version* of MacLoggerDX on Lion.

There is no reason for removing support from the new operating systems
other than to force upgrades.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 8/24/2012 11:44 AM, Scott Manthe wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
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