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[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 71 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Huh, never had to pay for a Mac update.

[–] AWTM_James@sh.itjust.works 52 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

That's because Apple hasn't charged for OSX/MacOS updates since 2013 with OSX 10.9

Edit: I also don't think they were ever $99. I upgraded from 10.5 to 10.6 back in 2009 and I think it was only like $30, and they had to ship me a disc with the update so it's not like they didn't have any overhead they had to pay for

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 37 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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,

  • 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
[–] AWTM_James@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 1 points 2 days ago

It’s really crazy now to think I was spending $129 on OS upgrades. No wonder I waited!

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