CommanderFrank
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There shouldn’t be that many users still hanging on the Messages Beta for OSX Lion, but Apple has given those chosen few a hard and fast end date to upgrade.
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Apple Officially Killing Messages Beta for Lion Users
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The obnoxious thing here is that there won't be a way for Lion users to keep Messages.
In the past when they've released a beta of a feature to be included in the next OS (iChat AV, Safari, FaceTime,) they've then at least made it available as a release product (sometimes paid,) for the older OS. This will mark the first time such a feature hasn't been available for the older OS upon release. Which is annoying, because there's obviously no technical reason not to, and there are many Lion-compatible computers that aren't Mountain Lion compatible. (For example, my wife's MacBook Pro.)
And, no, I'm not about to upgrade to a whole new computer for this one feature. (And my wife is just fine on Lion otherwise.)
In the past when they've released a beta of a feature to be included in the next OS (iChat AV, Safari, FaceTime,) they've then at least made it available as a release product (sometimes paid,) for the older OS. This will mark the first time such a feature hasn't been available for the older OS upon release. Which is annoying, because there's obviously no technical reason not to, and there are many Lion-compatible computers that aren't Mountain Lion compatible. (For example, my wife's MacBook Pro.)
And, no, I'm not about to upgrade to a whole new computer for this one feature. (And my wife is just fine on Lion otherwise.)