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To: Moonray who wrote (166584)	2/27/2014 2:38:13 PM
From: clean86	1 Recommendation Recommended By Stock Puppy Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213172

I seem to remember reading several months ago that Apple would no longer be supporting Snow Leopard. I can't remember where I saw the post but will look through some of my email from Apple later today and see if it was there. You can still purchase it on the Apple store for $19.99 which I thought was surprising.

To: Moonray who wrote (166584)	2/27/2014 5:40:24 PM
From: Doren	Respond to of 213172

One in five Mac users are still using Snow Leopard. Some probably because of rosetta. Many though, consider it the best OSX flavor. I hear that a lot. I think that says something to which Apple should listen, but apparently is not. I'm not sure if this is about a slow decline of Apple or a lack of time because of the success of iOS... but I don't like it. I'm in both camps for several reasons. I don't think the upgrades offered me personally much, and there are large drawbacks: Big reasons: Rosetta - enough said - I can start using newer versions of most software which I already have, but mostly I don't like the upgrades either. Photoshop. Hate the upgrades. Office - I'm just dam scared my email app will require hours of wasted frustrating reconfiguration. iTunes - I believe the current upgrades for iTunes are all about Apple and not at all about me. That paradigm seems to be growing among tech companies. Forced into upgrades which seem like downgrades. I really don't want to go through the hassle of redoing my preferences. Too many horror stories. Philosophically I'm rethinking my use of computers and the internet completely.