tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post3142146101364049085..comments2024-03-18T17:28:44.693-07:00Comments on Rondam Ramblings: Upgrade or die: Apple's diabolical re-invention of the version ratchetRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-30151182083979756722016-01-29T02:46:24.665-08:002016-01-29T02:46:24.665-08:00I've heard this story before, only it was abou...I've heard this story before, only it was about Apple and email in 2006.<br />Mark Pilgrim's solution was not really about the OS nor the software, but about open formats: https://web.archive.org/web/20060618102905/http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/06/16/juggling-orangesdmrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272032265377687219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-83999169664534704712016-01-28T23:55:07.490-08:002016-01-28T23:55:07.490-08:00@Robert DeRose
> It's every OS ever.
No, ...@Robert DeRose<br /><br />> It's every OS ever.<br /><br />No, it's not. I have a Windows XP install DVD. I have MacOS 6 install floppies. Because I have those, and because I can create virtual machines on modern hardware, I can do a clean install of those operating systems for a very long time, and I don't need anyone's permission.<br /><br />The machine I'm typing thisRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-21760504875326873062016-01-28T23:49:42.613-08:002016-01-28T23:49:42.613-08:00@Unknown:
What can I say? My "purchased&quo...@Unknown:<br /><br />What can I say? My "purchased" tab shows only Yosemite, despite the fact that the machine that I am writing this on is running Mavericks, so I've obviously "purchased" Mavericks as well. (I put "purchased" scare quotes because Mavericks was free.)<br />Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-33594175995820075682016-01-28T22:00:56.164-08:002016-01-28T22:00:56.164-08:00Your statement about not being able to install old...Your statement about not being able to install old versions of OSX (Lion or otherwise) via the App Store is false. New users can not longer <i>buy</i> old versions of OSX from the App Store, but if you previously purchased them you can download and make a USB install key at your leisure. You may have missed the opportunity to purchase these versions while you stayed with Snow Leopard, but my Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558557064892780907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-91398396556200457922016-01-28T21:29:15.736-08:002016-01-28T21:29:15.736-08:00This is already the case. We had some perfectly fi...This is already the case. We had some perfectly fine iPad and iPhone hardware. We wanted to keep watching Amazon Prime on these older devices. Amazon wants you to only use the App, not the web, the app wants a new iOS version, but the iOS version doesn't want the hardware. The day Amazon didn't support their old apps, we no longer could use the perfecly fine hardware to watch Prime. Stephan.Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845125686370893937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-58393690774615870792016-01-28T20:06:08.810-08:002016-01-28T20:06:08.810-08:00This is such click bait. This is not a unique issu...This is such click bait. This is not a unique issue with Mac. It's every OS ever. Linux, Windows, even BSD. Ubuntu has LTS versions, but they only support them for 5 years. Snow leopard was released in 2009 and officially unsupported in 2014. That's 5 years. What more do you want 10 years? Then use RHEL, but why, you like aging and outdated software? It's a desktop OS. They give free Robert DeRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175249604658495582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-77378061355105972802016-01-28T17:22:06.815-08:002016-01-28T17:22:06.815-08:00It would probably work for me, but not for my wife...It would probably work for me, but not for my wife :-(<br />Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-68381510004812582462016-01-28T16:54:52.111-08:002016-01-28T16:54:52.111-08:00I guess you don't consider Linux an escape hat...I guess you don't consider Linux an escape hatch?<br />Peter Donishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122769947782402203noreply@blogger.com