23.10.2013 13:50 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Apple gives away OS X Mavericks

Apple on Tuesday launched OS X 10.9, aka Mavericks, as a free upgrade for most Mac owners, including those with machines up to six years old."Today, we're going to revolutionize pricing," said Craig Federighi, who leads software engineering at Apple, near the start of an 80-minute event that also introduced refreshed iPad tablets."Today, spending hundreds of dollars to get the most out of your computer are gone," Federighi said while a slide behind him showed the packaging for Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro, with its $199 retail price prominent. "Today, we announce a new era for the Mac. Because today we're announcing that Mavericks is free. Free is good."Mac users running last year's Mountain Lion, 2011's Lion and even 2009's Snow Leopard were able to download Mavericks from the Mac App Store starting yesterday. The no-older-than-Snow-Leopard limitation was due to the A

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