Tuesday, February 08, 2005
The Upgrade Conspiracy
I'm fairly certain that Microsoft aren't in cahoots with Apple over this one, but all the same I feel like I'm being ganged up on to force me to upgrade. I have a perfectly serviceable iMac at home, which has served me quite happily running MacOS 9 for the last 3 years. Why would I pay to upgrade to OS X? there has been no reason until now. I have suddenly found that Hotmail (which gets regular use in our household) no longer works properly with IE on the Mac, and there are no newer versions available for MacOS 9. Hotmail is not adhering to good practice of web page compatibility, and is instead relying on some tricks that only newer browsers can do. Fine, offer those fancy drop down menus, but I'd like a plain old version that works on my Mac please.
I'm fairly certain that Microsoft aren't in cahoots with Apple over this one, but all the same I feel like I'm being ganged up on to force me to upgrade. I have a perfectly serviceable iMac at home, which has served me quite happily running MacOS 9 for the last 3 years. Why would I pay to upgrade to OS X? there has been no reason until now. I have suddenly found that Hotmail (which gets regular use in our household) no longer works properly with IE on the Mac, and there are no newer versions available for MacOS 9. Hotmail is not adhering to good practice of web page compatibility, and is instead relying on some tricks that only newer browsers can do. Fine, offer those fancy drop down menus, but I'd like a plain old version that works on my Mac please.
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