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[–] 105 points 1 year ago (19 children)

First two are right on, but I haven’t been charged for an actual software update on the Mac in 30 years.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    IIRC, the last paid OS update for Mac was Snow Leopard around 2007-2008.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I bought it... i wanted the physical disc so I could make a few hackintoshes.

    It was only $29.00... I thought that was a weird price, but cheap enough that I didn't feel the need to try to pirate it. I don't think windows has been under $100 In decades.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I’d love to know where you got OS 9 for free

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Macintosh Garden has various OS install images among a bunch of other software. There are also preconfigured installations of Mac OS 9 for Windows and macOS in Sheepshaver with integration with the host system.

    QEMU is also an option for running Mac OS 9. It can run the final release of Classic Mac OS (9.2.2), unlike Sheepshaver. It has overall better software compatibility. Preinstalled versions for QEMU can be found on The Internet Archive. File transfer in and out of the emulated system is a bit more involved than with ShespShaver, though.

    If you just want to play around with these systems briefly and won’t necessarily be using them on a regular basis, Infinite Mac is a really cool project to emulate them right from your browser.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    No, it’s more like, and update is availa…. Ooooh, your MacBook is no longer supported. That’ll be $2,500 please.

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    Microsoft at least lets you bypass

    You don't own your Mac, Apple does.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Seriously? There are third party apps to get mac to install a newer os than Apple says it should. Similarly MS prevents installing on PC without certain capabilities unless you install a third party app to bypass. Birds of a feather.

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