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[quote]Windows users are not making the switch as Apple had hoped[/quote] I wonder why this is? My guess is that the price is still a factor. I know that when neighbours (normal users, not pros like us ) have bought new PCs price is one of the main factors and like-for-like Macs are more expensive. I know what the mac people will say about longer life, good looks, etc but to the normal consumer they are more expensive. I'm buying a laptop this summer for university in October and with price being a massive factor I will probably get a PC laptop, even though I'd love my first mac.

[quote]I'm buying a laptop this summer for university in October and with price being a massive factor I will probably get a PC laptop, even though I'd love my first mac.[/quote] I would personaly recomend a iBook or PowerBook for you opposed to a PC Laptop. I know that the price IS a big factor there but from my experiance the Mac's are much better for what you will most likely be using them for (especialy if its for schooling). You can also go a small but better than nothing discount from the Mac.com store for school use. And all this is comming from a PC user. OS X on the PC is my dream, and there a quite a few rumors going around about that, anyone think this is a possibilty for Tuesday's show? That would send some MAJOR shockwave's through the computing world. Finaly, will you need to have purchased and older version first to obtain these new updates, or will it be fifty buck's to purchase all of the new software no matter what?

to me $50 for all of them isn't that bad. it's just a sign of the times for Apple. and as much as i want an Apple laptop too, the price just doesn't justify the performance. for the same price i can get EVERYTHING that the apple offers (an operating system is just an operating system let's be serious). i can watch dvd movies, burn cds, built in ethernet all of that. I also could get faster memory and a much faster chip, and i can play games on it to. the G3 or G4 chip may match the performance of a low end P4 chip, but it doesn't compare at all to a 2.4 ghz chip you can get in a Windows laptop for a much cheaper price. i'm sorry as nice as the Apple is, their price is just to expensive for what you get, and argue all you Mac fans want to, apparently Windows users and Mac users aren't buying enough Apple computers.

this is one reason why i hate apples to expensive and for paying fees to upgrade like give me a fucking break

I guess you people didn't manage to catch the word rumour in that did you? Even still there's no-one saying that you HAVE to upgrade to the new version as there are numerous alternatives on the net. You may now untwist your knickers

I hope this is exactly that, a Rumor...otherwise I feel Apple will find many of their loyal supporters holding onto their old applications (or Dare I say hitting the P2P Services)... Apple has always been loyal to their customer's about software updates, this would be a very bad decision for them...

IF they do this the right way, i think not too many feathers will be ruffled. if the more casual iApps like iTunes, iCal, iChat, iSync stay free, and programs like iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD come at a price (which is basically what is rumored to happen), i think that would be acceptable. hopefully there would be some sort of option to buy just the programs you want, since iPhoto is kind of neat, but i don't have a DV cam as of yet, so i have no use for iMovie or iDVD. i can see people saying that we are victims of a 'bait and switch' - giving us a quality app for free, getting people to use it, then charging for it... but if you don't feel as if the programs are worth your money, or feel as if they aren't worth paying to upgrade, do one of two things: 1) dont upgrade (yea, thats right... you dont HAVE to upgrade last time i checked.) 2) find a suitable replacement. don't like iTunes? there's a couple of great mp3 player programs out there, some free, some you have to pay for. there's fire, adium, proteus for you iChat people. if you don't like iCal or iSync, use the palm desktop software that comes with your palm. i haven't looked around, but i'm sure there's a suitable replacement for every iApp they could possibly charge you for. i guess we'll all know next week, eh?