Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ...
by iratedev on Thursday February 27, 2014 @03:19PM
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No, customers leave themselves vulnerable.
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Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ...
by Schlaefer on Thursday February 27, 2014 @03:34PM
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No, they bought a device that was secure, or least supposed to be. They didn't do anything to change that. If a flaw is discovered now that existed back then it should be addressed to recover to that state again.
Let's be honest: Apple is making money selling new hardware, so they have no incentive to provide support over a long period of time that does not generate new revenue. Nothing more, nothing less.
Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ...
by iratedev on Thursday February 27, 2014 @04:16PM
(#7315129)
Exactly. I stated above that it is a user's fault for not keeping up to date and making poor technology choices.
Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ...
by kryptiskt on Thursday February 27, 2014 @03:37PM
(#7314854)
There's no upgrade path on older computers (if you don't want to install Linux).
Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ...
by iratedev on Thursday February 27, 2014 @04:15PM
(#7315127)
Yes there is. Buy a new computer. That is how Apple works. If a user had a problem with that, they should not have purchased an Apple product.
Users are responsible for their own (possibly poor/uninformed) choices.
Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ...
by qwerta on Thursday February 27, 2014 @03:49PM
(#7314954)
... because they bought Apple :-)
Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ...
by nobodysfool on Thursday February 27, 2014 @04:08PM
(#7315081)
How so? By not buying new PCs?