12:07 AM
Software Developer
Like 2009, this year is one of dueling operating system upgrades, when the two biggest OS rivals face off with new editions.
We've covered both the Windows 8 and OS X Mountain Lion upgrades, and spelled out what's known so far about their prices, release dates, delivery methods, upgrade paths and more.
[ Also check out the FAQ: What you need to know about Microsoft's cheapest-ever Windows upgrade. | And take the InfoWorld tour of Mac OS X's 9 lives. | Stay ahead of the key tech business news with InfoWorld's Today's Headlines: First Look newsletter. | Read Bill Snyder's Tech's Bottom Line blog for what the key business trends mean to you. ]
Now it's the turn of the numbers to tell their story.
0 -- The price of an upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion for buyers of new Macs who purchased their Lion-powered systems starting June 11. The program, called "Up-To-Date" by Apple, continues as long as either Apple or its authorized resellers sell Lion-equipped Macs. The free upgrade will be available from the Mac App Store after buyers fill out a form to be posted on this page of the Apple website.
It's also what a Windows user will pay for the Windows Media Center add-on after upgrading to Windows 8 Pro. The add-on, which will come with a price of some sort after Jan. 31, 2013, lets Windows 8 PCs play DVDs.
1/10th -- The amount a Mac owner spends to upgrade five machines compared to what a Windows user pays to do the same. Unlike Microsoft, Apple lets customers install Mountain Lion on as many as fivel personally owned machines.
1 -- The number of choices Windows and Mac users have for their upgrade editions.
Although Apple has long practiced one-size-fits-all, Microsoft followed suit for the first time this year when it offered only Windows 8 Pro in both the $14.99 and $40 deals. Previously, Microsoft has provided multiple upgrade versions so that, for instance, someone running Vista Home Premium upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium, not to Windows 7 Professional.
2X -- How much more Windows users will pay for their upgrade to Windows 8 Pro than Mac owners will pay for theirs to OS X Mountain Lion.
3 -- Number of previous versions of Windows that can be upgraded to Windows 8 Pro: XP, Vista, and Windows 7. That's one more than either Vista or Windows 7 covered. Vista's upgrade was available to Windows 2000 and XP machines, Windows 7 to XP and Vista PCs.
Also the amount of free space on a USB flash drive necessary to create bootable installation media for the Windows 8 Pro upgrade, useful as backup install media or to do a "clean" install by wiping the hard drive before upgrading.
Posted in: 
2 comments:
First all blog content is really good but I think blogs should update some more relevant content which is really beneficial for those people who are searching for this type of blog.
Illinois Website Design
Definitely James, I am searching a blog regarding PHP Development Services because I want to Hire Ddedicated PHP Programmers for my new projects and I found this blog. No doubt that the information on this blog is good but I want to something new and relevant.
PHP MySQL Application Development
Post a Comment