Leopard

Hi!

I think you could make the argument that SP2 was more of an OS than advertised or mentioned. At the very least, Tablet PC users are supposed to have gotten what amounts to a "new" OS out of it IIRC.

But let's see here...if you consider each release of Mac OS X as a service pack, let's look at it this way:

Windows NT 3.1 (unsure of how many SPs were released...never ran this) Windows NT 3.51 (5 Service Packs) Windows NT 4.0 (6, almost 7 -- look at the MS web site and see how many KB articles apply to the unreleased SP7) Windows 2000 (4, almost 5) Windows XP (2 so far)

Five major versions of Windows, each doing little more than including new features. 17 Service Packs total across all products that I have numbers for. 17 SPs + 5 major releases = 22 total updates, none of which are truly new OSes by my view... All I've seen Windows doing over the years is slowly growing more mature and--in a way--polished. Mac OS X has been doing the same since it came out.

I didn't consider Windows Server 2003 to be in the same league, nor did I consider Windows XP in its x64 edition. Windows Server 2003 (and SP1) didn't come in a client edition. Windows XP x64 edition doesn't seem to be out there in great numbers, and I've never run it, so I don't know whether it is geared toward client or server use.

The simple fact is: Mac OS X has a long way to go to catch up with Windows by your method of counting. And so far--despite being a PC-Windows user most of the time--I've usually felt that the new releases were worth the price Apple asked. (The only notable exceptions would be Mac OS X 10.0-10.1.)

William