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Computer Update (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago by eah@programming.dev to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 68 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Huh, never had to pay for a Mac update.

[–] AWTM_James@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

That's because Apple hasn't charged for OSX/MacOS updates since 2013 with OSX 10.9

Edit: I also don't think they were ever $99. I upgraded from 10.5 to 10.6 back in 2009 and I think it was only like $30, and they had to ship me a disc with the update so it's not like they didn't have any overhead they had to pay for

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 35 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They were more expensive in the early 2000s.

See, for example, this MacRumors thread from 2003 entitled “Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Why Is it still $129?”

Jaguar (10.2) was also $129 in 2002.

10.1 was free.

Going up from 2003,

10.4 Tiger was $129 in 2005
10.5 Leopard was $129 in 2007
10.6 Snow Leopard was $29 in 2009
10.7 Lion was $29 in 2011
10.8 Mountain Lion was $29 in 2012
10.9 Mavericks was a free update in 2013

[–] AWTM_James@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah! Shoulda done more research, my bad. My first MacBook came with Leopard on it and I eventually upgraded it to Snow Leopard. I think that computer eventually died before I could upgrade it any further than that

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 1 points 1 day ago

It’s really crazy now to think I was spending $129 on OS upgrades. No wonder I waited!

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I bought my first MacBook in '07, which came with Tiger installed. A couple of months later they released Leopard for £130, or free if you bought your Mac within the last month. So I contacted them and asked whether I'd had mine too long to get the free update. They said I had, but that they'd send me the disc for the cost of postage anyway.

So I paid £5 for Leopard.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

And they were the first commercial OS to do so.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

I recall the same, also I think the disc worked for the whole family.