Versuvius said:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/may/21/apple-upgrades-itunes-version
Warms my cockles this. Okay so Apple is effectively using Itunes software to let you know just how much they care about you and your wallet and that you should be buying up to date, more expensive Apple products!
I honestly don't see why people are complaining. Their OS is out of date, so they need to buy a new one. This is not surprising to anyone who has owned computers for any extended amount of time. In 2007 Apple was already telling people that they were coming out with a new
different OS, so these people faults really were that they bought something on the way out, and they can only blame themselves. The simple fact that the article writer's computer worked for so long on an outdated system is a credit to how well Apple makes its products. As a bonus, he doesn't even have to buy a whole new computer to get the OS. One only needs to buy the OS disc. That's it. Considering that his computer is 4 years old, that's a pretty good deal. Comparatively on a PC, one would not only have to buy the new OS, but new parts in order to ensure that the system would function at all.
Which leads me to:
Johnnyallstar said:
I think this is appropriate at this point.
While this may be true, let me point out something with broken down PCs vs broken down Macs.
Around 2005, my dad, a professional electrician and computer repair man at the CBC (that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for any of you not from Canada), bought a Windows XP Home OS and combined it with a set of reliable computer systems for my first home computer. It is now 2011, and despite my dad's expert work, the things has hard crashed a few times and has needed quite new parts
Comparatively, in 1998 my dad bought a iMac 3G, more commonly known as the Strawberry Mac. It lasted us until 2010, where at that point it was so old that the parts were falling apart, because it had outlived its expected lifespan. Yet, until the very end of those 12 years, it never had broken down once, and more importantly had been able to do quite a few things that much newer models of other computer OSs were able to do.
My point is that while you do need to buy a whole new Mac when the old one is done, it takes quite a while before that is utterly necessary. This is because Mac hardware and software are specifically designed to match each other and be updated seamlessly, maximizing their capability and stability. Many PCs on the other hand, are an amalgam of parts and programming, meaning that there's always a chance they won't match well, leading to ye olde Blue Screen of Death.
So if the PC is muscle car and only needs parts when it breaks, then it's one whose parts become more and more expensive farther down the road and which may not match the vehicle as a whole, possibly leading to a mass breakdown that can require a full overhaul. The Mac sports car on the other hand, while needing to be replaced completely if it fails, rarely does so, and mostly only if there was a defect with that specific model unit or if it is at the end of it's expected lifespan. Otherwise it only needs a quick tune up that is was designed for, and which is checked by professionals to make sure it works, rather than your average Joe slapping bits together.
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