G'day,
No, no... I'm not advocating piracy...
So, we are days away from the latest version of OS X being released... and it will happily run on my eMac (though more RAM would be nice first I imagine).
But should I pay $150 for it... when I would shortly (probably within 12 months) be looking at upgrading to a new Mac...?
And more to the point... How do people feel about that whole aspect... When you buy a PC (tell me if I'm wrong - I haven't done it yet), you generally buy Windows seperately? (Or at least, you decide which version you want, at what price... etc)? Whereas, with Mac, it's just bundled automatically, and included in the overall cost - not "free" really, but feels that way.
Would you prefer the option to buy a Mac without Mac OS?
If I were indeed to buy 10.5 now, why shouldn't I be allowed to buy an OS-less Mac at a cheaper rate, seems I'd already have the software?
Does Apple already take this on board, and offer discounts on buying Macs when you buy the stand-alone OS? (I know when I bought the eMac, I received vouchers to purchase discounted OS upgrades).
Discuss
