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minus-squarecalliopelinkfedilinkarrow-up39·1 month agoThey were more expensive in the early 2000s. See, for example, this MacRumors thread from 2003 entitled “Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Why Is it still $129?” Jaguar (10.2) was also $129 in 2002. 10.1 was free. Going up from 2003, 10.4 Tiger was $129 in 2005 10.5 Leopard was $129 in 2007 10.6 Snow Leopard was $29 in 2009 10.7 Lion was $29 in 2011 10.8 Mountain Lion was $29 in 2012 10.9 Mavericks was a free update in 2013
minus-squareAWTM_James@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoAh! Shoulda done more research, my bad. My first MacBook came with Leopard on it and I eventually upgraded it to Snow Leopard. I think that computer eventually died before I could upgrade it any further than that
minus-squarecalliopelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s really crazy now to think I was spending $129 on OS upgrades. No wonder I waited!
They were more expensive in the early 2000s.
See, for example, this MacRumors thread from 2003 entitled “Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Why Is it still $129?”
Jaguar (10.2) was also $129 in 2002.
10.1 was free.
Going up from 2003,
Ah! Shoulda done more research, my bad. My first MacBook came with Leopard on it and I eventually upgraded it to Snow Leopard. I think that computer eventually died before I could upgrade it any further than that
It’s really crazy now to think I was spending $129 on OS upgrades. No wonder I waited!