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Re:Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free by byuu on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @01:52PM (#6593613)
Well, a much smaller percentage of Windows users are on 8.0 than OS X users are on Snow Leopard or later. If Blue allowed upgrades from Windows 7 for free, that'd be a more equal comparison.
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Re:Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free by sahaskatta on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @09:27PM (#6596141)
That would be incorrect. There are more Windows 8 users than ever version of OS X combined.

Sources: http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/09/02/windows-8-jumps-pa...

http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share....

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Re:Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free by city41 on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @09:27AM (#6598532)
That's not what he said. He was speaking in percentages relative to each install base.
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