[X4U] 10.4 without DVD drive

[Eddie Hargreaves]

On 11/1/05 12:12 PM, Linda <XPressoBean at mac.com> wrote:

> On 11/1/05 2:03 PM, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:
> 
>> The cutoff date of December 22 also seems ridiculous since the next
>> version of OS X will not be out for another year.
> 
> I'm guessing that Apple figures 3 years is a fair amount of time... yes,
> there are older machines still running, but many machines that were new
> since then have DVD built-in... maybe?

Yes, you're probably right. However, one of the reasons Mac users give for
the superiority of the platform (and the higher prices of the machines) is
the long life of the machine. If the latest version of the operating system
(Tiger) is supported for use on a machine that is 4-5 years old (clamshell
iBooks, slot-loading G3 iMacs, G3 PowerBooks), why won't Apple make it
available for that machine? Come January 2006 that's the situation. Are we
only supposed to keep Macs for 3 years now? As recently as October 2003,
Apple was still selling Macs with CD-only drives.

Eddie Hargreaves