If there's going to be any consumer backlash, it's not going to start with me. In the end, I concluded that I was okay with yearly releases, but that some sort of adjustment for 'normal' customers would be nice.
But do I really want to pay US$129 every year for the next version of Mac OS X? Worse, do I really want to deal with the inevitable upgrade hassles and 10.x.0 release bugs every single year? Is it worth it, or is a major OS upgrade every year simply too much, too often? It's strange to have gone from years of uncertainty and vaporware to a steady annual supply of major new operating system releases from Apple. Back in early November of 2003, I introduced my Mac OS X 10.3 Panther review with some concerns about Apple's OS release cycle.
