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Lilbits: Windows 11 on handhelds, Fitbit’s ring, and OS X 10.7 and 10.8 are now free to download

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Lilbits: Windows 11 on handhelds, Fitbit’s ring, and OS X 10.7 and 10.8 are now free to download

When software updates roll out for Windows, Android, iOS, or macOS these days, you’re probably used to getting it for free. But once upon a time companies used to charge for those sorts of updates. In fact, Apple didn’t start offering free updates to Mac users until OS X 10.9 Mavericks was released in 2013. […]

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Boot Camp in OS X Lion won’t support Windows XP, Vista

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Microsoft has been running a campaign for the past few months trying to convince individuals and businesses to stop using the company’s wildly popular, but 10-year-old Windows XP operating system. On the one hand, you can cynically view this as the company trying to make more money by getting you to pay for an upgrade […]

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Latest Mac computers can reinstall OS X over the internet

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Apple rolled out OS X Lion this morning as well as several new Mac Mini and MacBook Air models. And they have a very cool new system recovery option: You can reinstall OS X over the internet. In other words, you don’t need a disc to install the operating system. That way if your hard […]