[Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

[Skip Montanaro]

Thanks for all the responses w.r.t. upgrading Mac OSX.  My bad experience
was when migrating from 9->X on an older iMac.  It couldn't have been more
than a few weeks after buying 10.1 that 10.2 came out.  It just never dawned
on me at the time to do any sort of investigation of OSX release schedules.

It is heartening to know that the release interval is lengthening as the
system stabilizes and that there should be better 10.3->10.4 compatibility.
I haven't paid any attention to the temporal timing of OSX releases and
wouldn't have any idea how to find info if I was so inclined to do so.

Someone suggested I was complaining about having to pay for upgrades.
That's not really it at all.  I'm happy to pay Apple their due.  They have
an excellent product.  I was miffed that I paid my $99 (or whatever it was)
literally weeks before 10.2 came out.  I think it would have been wise for
Apple to include a coupon for a free or discounted upgrade to 10.2.  They
clearly knew its release was imminent.

Bob mentioned:

    For Apple's own software (iTunes, Safari, etc.), they often support the
    current release version minus one.  Apple supports older operating
    systems by providing security updates, etc.

In fact I just upgraded to iTunes 4.7.1 on my 10.2 system this evening, so I
know it's possible for Apple to continue support of applications on "old"
versions of the OS.  I haven't seen a functional upgrade of Safari on that
OS in quite awhile though.  I suspect it has something to do with the fact
that iTunes represents a very lucrative revenue stream for Apple, while
Safari doesn't.

Skip