At 2:09 PM +1000 13/6/12, Brian Ferguson wrote: >Some may not have been advised that this new OS will be available >from July for the grand cost of AUD19.99 from the Mac App Store. I >wonder what Windows OS costs now. > ><<http://www.apple.com/osx/?sr=hotnews.rss>http://www.apple.com/osx/?sr=hotnews.rss> > >It appears as if the Mac version is integrated with iPad and iPhone. The overall cost of Windows OS is lower because it has great backwards compatibility. I have been reliably informed that that the current Windows OS will run apps your grandfather (well not yours, perhaps, Brian, or mine either, but you know . . . ) used back when God's dog was a pup. But with OS X . . . Oh dear, i remember the days when we used to boast about the backward compatibility of Mac OS and laugh at Windoze users. :( Cheers, geoff