It's funny…Ben and I were discussing this a few weeks ago, wondering out loud if Apple would sell OS X Mavericks at the same—or even a lower—price than they did with OS X Mountain Lion. We even joked that they'd give it away for free.
Even with my severely constrained cash flow at the moment, I had mentally set aside $20 (the price of Mountain Lion) to get the upgrade because, well…priorities!
Imagine my "surprise and delight" this morning then—while watching Apple's Keynote—when they announced the OS upgrade would be absolutely free.
Are they insane? Or have they just caused a few more worry lines to appear on the faces of Microsoft executives?
I can already hear the headlines. "APPLE IS DOOMED! THEY KNOW NO ONE WOULD BUY THE UPGRADE SO THEY'RE GIVING IT AWAY FOR FREE!"
Uh. Yeah. About that…
I'd write more, but the download is almost finished.
I upgraded Windows 8.1 this weekend (also free), and Mavericks today. Had little glitchy problems with both (THANKS, Obama!), but got 'em both installed. Mavericks took MUCH longer, but had fewer issues, so far. After I fixed a sound card driver in Windows 8.1, it's been great. And next comes Android Jellybean 4.3 on my phone. Everything old is new again.
It's because of the Steve Jobs look-a-like image you put up.