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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. Innovation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple "innovates" again and re-invents the package manager Linux has had for ages...

  2. Can't run it. by commodore64_love · · Score: -1, Troll

    My four year old Intel-Mac doesn't have the required specs.
    Dang Apple and their short-term support of hardware.
    (Meanwhile my 9 year old XP-PC is still going strong and is upgradeable to Seven - not that I need to. XP is still standard and supported. OS 10.2 from the same year is not.)

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    1. Re:Can't run it. by commodore64_love · · Score: -1, Troll

      >>>So far I haven't found anything that restricted me.

      Try connecting to Netscape's dialup ISP. It won't work on anything but Windows 98 or higher (to be fair, Linux has the same problem). And you'll say: But what do I need dialup for? (a) Because that's the only thing your hotel provides. (b) Because you're visiting your friend in the boonies and that's the only internet he's got. (c) Backup for when your DSL or Cable net goes down.

      I could come-up with a few more examples: A player that can do audio/video at one-half or 2x speed. It's only recently that VLC added that option, but before that Mac had nothing.
      - Running Stella (Atari emulator)
      - running Amiga emulator
      - running ModelSim or Mentor Graphics
      - and so on.

      I was not aware how much the Mac lacked until a friend gave me his old mac, and I switched-over from an IBM PC. Suddenly there were several programs or features I simply couldn't run anymore. Nobody ever bothered to develop them. I suspect most mac users fall into that category of not realizing what they're missing, because they don't realize the w-i-d-e range of software available on the PC platform.

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      "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
  3. Re:Didn't they learn from the Safari mess? by Tridus · · Score: 0, Troll

    PC users don't like that. Mac users will like whatever Steve Jobs tells them to like.

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  4. Re:I can't wait to buy things!!! by clang_jangle · · Score: 0, Troll

    When the decision is made to use proprietary software you have boarded the upgrade treadmill. "Stay current or become disenfranchised" is what you signed up for. Fortunately, FreeBSD and Linux run very well on many models of Macintosh.

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  5. apple invents apt by beattie · · Score: 1, Troll

    Apple finally invented a shitty, drm'd version of apt! Hooray!

  6. Re:I can't wait to buy things!!! by jedidiah · · Score: -1, Troll

    You can't even window shop without being part of the cult.

    It's like iTunes that way.

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  7. Re:I can't wait to buy things!!! by bonch · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linux users yesterday: "My distro has a package manager that tracks everything I install and provides updates."
    Linux users today: "Haha, stupid Apple consumers, just another way for you to pay money!"