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47of74

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13. Plus now when they do major OS upgrades you're not shelling out a couple C notes

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 27, 2013, 12:19 PM

Dec 2013

At one time one needed to spend a bit of money to upgrade between major versions of OS X, but lately the cost has been minimal. The past two (Snow Leopard & Mavericks) upgrades have been free. Unlike Microsoft, where even an upgrade to 8.1 is close to $100, and to buy the full version starts out at $199.

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time for a new laptop [View all] irisblue Dec 2013 OP

MacBook Air? Auggie Dec 2013 #1

that's way too costly for my wallet. irisblue Dec 2013 #2

Used? Auggie Dec 2013 #4

Depending on what kind of "work" you want to do NV Whino Dec 2013 #3

I really like my MacBook Pro. cbayer Dec 2013 #5

Macs, believe it or not, are cheaper than PCs. Stinky The Clown Dec 2013 #6

I will vouch for that... RoccoR5955 Dec 2013 #10

We edit photos nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #12

9 years for my MacBook nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #11

They do last quite a while. 47of74 Dec 2013 #14

Plus now when they do major OS upgrades you're not shelling out a couple C notes 47of74 Dec 2013 #13

now the desktop is acting up irisblue Dec 2013 #7

So sorry, iris blue. cbayer Dec 2013 #8

Why not just an iPad? n/t davidwparker Dec 2013 #9