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Optimum frequency for OS X major updates? - space-time - 02-02-2016
Are you happy with the current cycle of one a year major OS X updates? would you like to see these on a different schedule? Then Vote!
Re: Optimum frequency for OS X major updates? - ztirffritz - 02-02-2016
I think that Ubuntu has the model that works best. They have regular updates every 6 months, but they have a long-term 'stable' (LTS) version that is supported for 3 years I believe. That allows developers and businesses time to a get software sorted and allow them time to use it before rocking the boat again.
Re: Optimum frequency for OS X major updates? - Lew Zealand - 02-02-2016
I like 3 years but even just 2 would be less pressure on everyone, including the programmers and the blitz of NewFeaturesNewFeaturesNewFeatures!!!!!
Re: Optimum frequency for OS X major updates? - mattkime - 02-02-2016
'When its ready' would be a good option.
Re: Optimum frequency for OS X major updates? - hal - 02-02-2016
NO TIMETABLE!
Create and release a new OS where there are features/improvements that are compelling enough to warrant a new OS.
Re: Optimum frequency for OS X major updates? - Robert M - 02-02-2016
Space,
None of the above. I'd like to see Apple produce a major release that is optimized and has as few bugs as possible. Then, take the time necessary to fix the bugs. If that takes a year, great. Two years, fine. Maybe throw in a awesome feature or two in-between squashing bugs and optimizing the OS.
A major release of the OS doesn't always need a crapload of new features. I'll take a well optimized and bug-free OS with a few new features over a poorly optimized buggy OS with lots of new features every time.
I wouldn't expect a major release to take longer than two years but if the staff still haven't gotten the OS running as optimized and bug-free as possible within that time frame, then there is something seriously wrong with what they're doing with it.
Robert
Re: Optimum frequency for OS X major updates? - rz - 02-02-2016
I voted for every 3 years. I stayed on SL for over 3 years, and have been on Mavericks for quite a while. I have no intention of "upgrading" anytime soon. Unless/until there's a must-have feature in any of the new OS's, I won't be updating.
I've had to upgrade my wife and my sister to El Crap because they both bought new iPads, and in order to use iOS 9.whatever, you need the latest iTunes, which won't run under Mavericks apparently. What a crock of crap. Neither of my iPads will be running iOS 9, probably ever. One will stay on iOS 7 because I have an Alesis IO Dock for music and it had shaky support in iOS 8 (some say they got it to work, sorta. Others say they can't get it to work). The other one will probably stay on iOS 8.
Re: Optimum frequency for OS X major updates? - JoeM - 02-02-2016
mattkime wrote:
'When its ready' would be a good option.
+1 (tu)
Re: Optimum frequency for OS X major updates? - space-time - 02-02-2016
OK, who's the poor PhD student?
Seriously, aside for the 7 year option (which was obviously for fun), the distribution seems split between 1 and 3 year peaks, with a few symmetric entries around 2 year mark. They would make a lot of people happy if they released new OS X every other year.
Re: Optimum frequency for OS X major updates? - ka jowct - 02-03-2016
mattkime wrote:
'When its ready' would be a good option.
Amen to that!