OSX 10.2 a paid upgrade?

[Geert]

I hope not, but if it is a paid upgrade, I surely hope that is like the .1 upgrade.

(I hope it still runs on G3 procs then)

 

[cleo]

Originally posted by Geert

(I hope it still runs on G3 procs then)

Is there a chance it won't run on G3's? Apple would have a hell of a lot of angry late-model iBook owners to deal with (including yours truly!).

 

[strider42]

Originally posted by King Cobra
OS 8.6 was not pay to upgrade? I only posted that earlier because someone I know told me that when 8.6 first came out you had to pay to upgrade from 8.5. I know that it is currently free to download now.

Were there any minor updates that you had to pay for to upgrade system software before 10.1?
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Any time is a great time for iPod.

8.6 was an update to 8.5, so its true you needed to buy 8.5 if your computere didn't ocme with it (all computers from the rev B iMac on came with 8.5 or higher). Its just like 9.2 is an update to OS 9 and not to 8.1 or 8.6. Apple has usually been using .5 increments for full blown OS upgrades, at least for the last 4 years.

 

[AlphaTech]

I just checked on Apple's support web site, and you can still download OS updates from 8.6 all the way up to 9.2.2 (with minimal searching). If you have OS 9.0.x, with a couple of downloads you can be at 9.2.2. Granted, you will want a high speed internet connection to do it, but it can be done. For OS X, the only update not available for download is 10.1.

Until we see how much has changed with 10.2, we won't know if it will be available for downloading, or only via cd. I would hope that it will be there for download as well (if you have a fast enough connection).