OS X Mavericks released

[abc]

I have the rather cynical view that they are getting everybody onto (free) OSX10.9 to get them ready for a big (chargeable) upgrade to OSX11 next year!

[David]

SURPRISE!!!


yes, this is my shocked face....   

[David]

oops, forgot this again...   

[Farabomb]

I have the rather cynical view that they are getting everybody onto (free) OSX10.9 to get them ready for a big (chargeable) upgrade to OSX11 next year!

Apple would never do such a thing!

or change things

or remove features like FTP

or release untested shit that breaks most existing programs

or drop support for legacy computers

or send out secret patches that cause havoc and you spend days trying to figure out what happened because you didn't install anything new.

nothing like that from the innovative, bleeding edge technology marketing company that happens to sell hardware that is now Apple.

[Joe]

Getting Mavericks for free is about like getting an STD for free.

[Farabomb]

It's never free Joe. Hasn't life taught you that yet?

[Joe]

It's never free Joe.

Exactly.

[gnubler]

The "bleeding edge" is the knife blade slicing your wrists after spending days involved in an "upgrade".

[David]

it's free-ish...

[frailer]

Just got a Mavericks reminder on my 10.8.5 Mini at home. Am doing nothing for the moment. It came out while I was away; kinda missed it. No urgency, is there?  :undecided:

[Joe]

No urgency. Not a whole lot of extra anything though I have read that Apple only releases Security updates for Mavericks so any previous OS is a security risk. Not sure how accurate that report is as it was on CNET that is notoriously pro Windows.

For work though...I can tell you that XMF client will not install or run on it.

[frailer]

No urgency. Not a whole lot of extra anything though I have read that Apple only releases Security updates for Mavericks so any previous OS is a security risk. Not sure how accurate that report is as it was on CNET that is notoriously pro Windows.

For work though...I can tell you that XMF client will not install or run on it.

10.5.8 at work. Delaying until we are dragged kicking and screaming with the next big XMF upgrade, sometime next year (2014). New server box in the mix as well, as it's a move to 64-bit on XMF server. Which means a major upgrade of Black Magic, which means... etc.... etc...

[Slappy]

Our Prinect/Signastation upgrade is pending for the next few weeks, so we're updating all the Macs as far as 10.7 since that's all they support, and I think these 1st gen Intel G5 Towers might not even take 10.8, who knows.

[Joe]

Intel G5 Towers? No such thing. Everything up through G5 had PowerPC CPU's and if they have PowerPC processors you can't go any further than OS X 10.5.8. Apple dropped the "G" designation when they switched to Intel CPUs. My 1^st gen Intel iMac can't install anything after OS X 10.7. That was a 2006 model.

So you guys are going with Prinect instead of XMF?

OS X Mountain Lion system requirements
To install Mountain Lion, you need one of these Macs:

iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)

OS X Mavericks: System Requirements
Learn about the system requirements for OS X Mavericks.

To install Mavericks, you need one of these Macs:

iMac (Mid-2007 or later)
MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later),
MacBook Pro (15-inch or 17-inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or later)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
Xserve (Early 2009)
Your Mac also needs:

OS X Mountain Lion, Lion, or Snow Leopard v10.6.8 already installed
2 GB or more of memory
8 GB or more of available space

[David]

you can tell a G5 Mac from an Intel Mac by the DVD drive doors.
A G5 has 1 DVD drive door, an Intel Mac has 2.