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Message: <blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 1390806" data-attributes="member: 6777">When the heck do software companies in general offer free upgrades? Selling upgrades is a basic part of the business model, regardless of OS (and excluding open-source).Besides, there is an incentive: keeping your customer base from dropping you in favor of a product that works on their new, shiny OS (Quark, anyone?). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Leaving total cost of ownership and feature comparison arguments aside... (hehe) you're actually right. Part of Mac marketing is that you're paying a bit more to get "the best". I tend to agree; my '99 Rev1 G3 continues to purr along nicely. I spend a lot of time working on computers (Web designer), and the differences, slight though they may be to many, are totally worth it for me. And it's Unix, dude! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />It would be nice if Apple could work a cheaper "consumer" model into their lineup. The eMac is close, but the price point (despite the quality) is still a bit of a shock to the Joe Average who's used to seeing $399 PCs at Best Buy.But as long as iPod sales continue as they have, I'm cool with Apple's current strategy. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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