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Mac OS X 10.6.6 Introduces App Store

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the there's-an-app-for-that dept.

Orome1 writes "Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.6 which increases the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac. What's also very important in this release is the introduction of the long-awaited Mac App Store with more than 1,000 free and paid apps."

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  1. Re:Another slashvertisement by Rhaban · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.6 which which [sic] increases the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac

    Looks like CmdrTaco has been studying at the Fox News School of Journalistic Neutrality. I believe the preferred formulation would be,

    "Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.6 which Apple claims 'increases the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac'".

    So, Apple admits their previous OS was unstable, incompatible and insecure?

  2. Since it's all about money... by copponex · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ...all OS X users are sincerely fucked.

    iOS devices outsell OS X devices 7 times over. OS X also doesn't provide further revenue for Apple in App Sales. Today's release is market research to see what happens when an App Store is present on a desktop system. If it's at all successful, 10.7 will be the last operating system in which a user has the option to legally install their own software without going through the app store.

    Steve will present it as a future free from viruses and crashes, and 99% of the user base will nod their little domes in approval and buy it.