Mountain Lion: Three Million Downloads in Four Days

[Hspito]

I would've paid the $20 for Airplay and iMessage alone. Also remember it's only $20 to update all of your Macs instead of $100+ for every fricking windows computer you own.

 

[ZakTheEvil]

LOL, ya Apple haters are really funny, misinformed and mostly dumb (and you call Apple users stupid, oh the irony!), but you're funny, so keep it coming.

 

[Hspito]

Yes!!! to think that I use to be a big hater and 3 years after saying "let me buy an iMac to see what is all the fuzz about", now I own the same iMac, an iPad, iPhone, MacBook Pro and a AppleTV. That's not counting what my wife and my daughters own.

Lol, the irony, like you said they call us ignorants but do you know how many times I hear; "you can't upgrade a Mac, you have to pay apple to do it".......lol, or "if you create a file in a Mac you can't open it on a windows machine"........ thats even better, the other day one guy in a forum said "most Mac users don't upgrade the RAM because they void the warranty"...... clearly most Apple haters don't even know Apple.

I've never heard an Apple user saying "once I used windows I've never looked back to Apple" it's always the other way around (BTW using does not mean walking to an apple store and touching the computer for 10 min)

 

[leongrado]

Probably most successful simply because of the fact that more people have macs/ are buying more macs. I personally don't see any reason for me to upgrade from Lion. It's only been a year. I'm not willing to spend $20 for it.

 

[silentbobdc]

[citation][nom]hspito[/nom]... thats even better, the other day one guy in a forum said "most Mac users don't upgrade the RAM because they void the warranty"...... clearly most Apple haters don't even know Apple. [/citation]

Very good choice of part. The ONLY part you can upgrade in a mac is taken as an example of their upgrade-ability. Can you upgrade the HDD, on an iMac or the videocard of the optical drives? Actually no:
From the mid-2010 iMac user guide: [citation] Your iMac does not have any user-serviceable parts, except the keyboard, mouse, and memory. [/citation]

Your example of upgrading the ram is only partially right due to the fact that they solder the ram on many macbooks.

 

[RADIO_ACTIVE]

God I hate cats!

I'm a dog guy, so sue me

 

[Hspito]

[citation][nom]silentbobdc[/nom]Very good choice of part. The ONLY part you can upgrade in a mac is taken as an example of their upgrade-ability. Can you upgrade the HDD, on an iMac or the videocard of the optical drives? Actually no: From the mid-2010 iMac user guide: [citation] Your iMac does not have any user-serviceable parts, except the keyboard, mouse, and memory. [/citation]Your example of upgrading the ram is only partially right due to the fact that they solder the ram on many macbooks.[/citation]

Actually yes you can upgrade the HDD of an iMac (it's a pain in the ass tho) I don't think you can upgrade the video card of any All-in-one computer only on towers you can, and as for the soldering the RAM in MacBooks, the only Macbook that has that is the MacBook Air, any of the other regular MacBook or MacBook Pro have easily replaceable RAM, HDD and Battery. Again the MacBook Air and the new Retina are the only ones with solder RAM.

Here is a link that explain how to do a HDD upgrade in many of the different Macs:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1145116/upgradingharddrives.html

 

[silentbobdc]

From the iMac manual:

Do Not Make Repairs Yourself
Your iMac has no user-serviceable parts, except the keyboard, mouse, and memory
(see “Installing Memory” on page 39). Do not attempt to open your iMac. If your iMac
needs service, contact an Apple Authorized Service Provider or Apple for service. See
“Learning More, Service, and Support” on page 62.

Apple's warranty states:
"This warranty does not apply...if the product has been modified without the written permission of Apple..." Adding memory (DRAM, VRAM) or other user-installable upgrade or expansion products to an Apple computer is not considered a modification to that Apple product. Therefore, it is not necessary to obtain Apple's written permission to upgrade or expand an Apple computer.

So you can add ram but need written permission to do anything else. I did note that they article you referenced didn't speak as to the warranty implications of such a procedure. Actually a quick search of the apple.com forums yielded the following tidbit:

Just to add an interesting tidbit: I had occasion to watch an AASP dismantle my last iMac in order to replace the logic board. In any case, I watched and noted the following tape on the hard drive: "warranty void if removed". It was in a spot where it would have to be removed to get the hard drive disconnected.

So warranty void if removed on a HDD pretty much spells it out. Take it out, remove that tape and the warranty is gone.

 

[Hspito]

True you will loose the warranty when replacing the HDD in an iMac, I posted the article to show that it can be upgraded. As far as MacBooks you can upgrade the HDD and the RAM without loosing the warranty (unless is an Air or Retina)

I upgraded my wife's white MacBook HDD and RAM and Apple still granted me warranty by replacing the outside shell due to a crack in the screen bezel. note: it was covered by the original warranty not by an accidental coverage.

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]weierstrass[/nom]Like it or not Apple stock worth more than Google, Microsoft together. They are doing something right. Who ever has the money to afford a mac has done it and is more happy with OSX than he/she was ever with Windows. Most academics use macs at home and all serious computations are done under Linux (see list of 500 most powerful supercomputers). Just some kids are stuck to Windows for gaming... of curse they are only in contact with other kids and believe MS owns the world![/citation]
May I ask what Linux has to do with Mac OS?

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]molo9000[/nom]Having "Gatekeeper" disabled by default would make it utterly useless, because the normal dimwit user would never activate it in the first place and developers would probably not even bother with registering and signing their apps.The default setting allows apps from any source as long as they are signed by registered developers. That, along with a daily check for blacklisted developers, is a nice step forward in security.Paying 20 bucks for a few new features, including system wide voice dictation (!!!!!!!!), is a much better deal than paying Microsoft 100 bucks for the privilege of dealing with Metro.(Actually sounds like a good deal, if the voice recognition works properly.)[/citation]
In Gatekeeper, safety is an excuse to make more money. This way we can only install software from the app store or if the developer paid the $99 yearly subscription.

 

[Guest]

they use the same parts! shutup!