Thread: iPad Apple to Charge for iPad OS Upgrades After One Freebie
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Old 04-02-2010, 12:18 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Gurvan View Post
Did I get Windows 7 for free after buying a Vista Machine ? No, so why accuse Apple of doing something wrong ??
I agree. I don't see why there is any outrage here. Even getting the first major version upgrade free is a nice perk. Although, I expect it was the originally planned release version and they couldn't finish it in time.

On issue I had with Apple is that when I bought my iMac it came with Leopard and iLife. Yet, the upgrade to Snow Leopard (even though only $30) did not include the new version of iLife. I thought that was a little Nickel and Dime stunt.

However, I have to say... while an Apple machine might a bit cost more than an equivalent PC (I mean truly equivalent) the software you can get for a Mac is usually much better than similar stuff for a PC and is a lot cheaper. (See OmniGraffel vs Visio or Adobe Acrobat vs PDF Pen although Fox It editor is the same price as PDF Pen Pro... but I haven't compared them.)

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