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| OS 9 and below |     | 4 | 8.89% |
| OS 10.0 |    | 0 | 0% |
| OS 10.1 |    | 0 | 0% |
| OS 10.2 |    | 6 | 13.33% |
| OS 10.3 |    | 41 | 91.11% |
| OS 10.4 (beta) |    | 3 | 6.67% |
| I don't use MacOS | | 0 | 0% |
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#1
November 24th, 2004, 09:01 AM
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 which version of OS X do you use? hi everyone... I thought I'd seen a thread on this somewhere, but can't find it now...  I'm having some software developed to allow me to bring my product to the Mac... The developer has asked if it's necessary for us to make it fully compatible with 10.2 and I just wanted to ask for some reactions... He says it will make the software more reliable if he only has to work with 10.3 in mind... Given that we're soon going to get 10.4, am I right in thinking this is not a big deal? If one of the mods could make this into a poll it would be much appreciated - I can't find any data on percentages of 10.2 / 10.3 user base anywhere - this would at least give me some idea among macosx.com users... Many thanks to everyone in advance for any feedback! 
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#2
November 24th, 2004, 09:18 AM
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| Until the poll is up: Zammy-Sam : 10.3 current status: 10.1 0%; 10.2 0%; 10.3 100%; 10.4b 0%
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November 24th, 2004, 09:50 AM
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November 24th, 2004, 09:51 AM
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#5
November 24th, 2004, 10:04 AM
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| 10.3 But I think 10.2 should be supported as well, just to be nice to users who haven't upgraded. Not everyone can shell out $$$ (£££ or €€€ depending on where you are) for an upgrade each time one is released. |
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November 24th, 2004, 10:44 AM
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| 10.3. But if you plan on distributing the software in any large quantity, not supporting 10.2 would be like shooting yourself in the foot. Many of the people here are the types that "just have to have the latest thing" (like myself), but that does not represent the Mac OS X user base accurately at all. It would be like developing for Windows XP Pro only, and dropping support for the millions of Windows 2000 Pro users still out there. Also, the reliability of the software will depend solely on the person(s) who wrote/write the code -- keeping compatibility with 10.2 will not decrease the reliability of the software one single bit. The person(s) writing it may not be able to use some shortened code or 10.3-specific features, but that should not introduce instability into the product.
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November 24th, 2004, 10:50 AM
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__________________ My current machine is an iMac Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 24" with MacOS X 10.5. My Apples are here. My oldest Apple was born in 1977. GS/P/>SS d-(++) s+: a+ C+(C) U* P L+ E--- W++ N- o+ K? w O-- M++ V PS+ PE+ Y- PGP t+ 5 X+ R tv-- b+++ DI++ D+ G e+++ h---- r+++ y? Time is not changing, I'm just traveling through time. |
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#8
November 24th, 2004, 11:50 AM
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| Most of my clients are using 10.2.x (about 70%), the rest are using 10.3.x. Most people don't go chasing after the newest of the new, they work with what works and/or what came with their systems. Currently I don't have a good reason to push people from a perfectly good operating system (10.2.x) to anything newer (10.3.x) when considering the cost of upgrading and the disruption of work flow. I have had 10.3 sitting on my shelf for over a year now and still don't have it running on any of my systems. I just don't have a good reason to fix what isn't broken. My PowerBook is running flawlessly (my uptime is at 170 days and I haven't had an application crash since July), why would I want to mess with that? Both my PowerBook (Wallstreet) and my iMac are running Mac OS X v10.2, but my PowerMac 7500 is running Mac OS X Server 1.2... I don't think I remember seeing that on the list above.  |
