Why is it that a PC user can get better functionality out of an eight-year-old operating system than a Mac user can get out of a four-year-old operating system?
Say I want to get a new iPod Nano or run Adobe Air (for applications like Twhirl and AlertThingy) on my Mac, I’m going to have to spend eighty-odd quid updating to OS X 10.5 – even though I already have OS X 10.3.9, which was introduced in 2005.
However, both the new iPod Nano and Adobe Air will run on a PC with Windows XP, which was introduced way back in 2001 with subsequent free Service Pack updates.
As a Mac user, it makes you feel a bit ripped off. The other annoying thing is that OS X 10.5 takes up 9GB of hard disk space. 9GB! So even if I wanted to upgrade, I’d be left with virtually no free space on my five-year-old iBook G4.
What I could do is put that eighty quid towards the cost of a shiny new Windows laptop with 250GB of hard disk space and sell the iBook (at a no doubt inflated price) on eBay to make up the shortfall.
Sacrilege. I know.
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I actually emailed Apple to complain about this, having experienced almost exactly the same problems. iTunes compatibility is now down the toilet too. It’s all surely a non-too-subtle way of getting more gullible Mac owners to part with more of their hard-earned. And that’s coming from a Mac evangelist.
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