Very interesting take on upgrading software. The author does webcasts and broadcasts, but it's germane to us audionauts, as well.
 
http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-shock-of-a-suddenly-obsoleted-machine/
 

Or then do not upgrade anything. I try to treat my studio computer as if it were a hardware recorder. Besides minor updates to Logic, I'm not upgrading anything on it. As is, it covers all my needs.
 
It's still running on Mavericks, which is the OS that came with it, and I have zero intention of ever upgrading to another OS. 
 
I'm constantly trying to get rid of more and more 3rd party plug-ins - not that I use many - to avoid the domino effect of having to upgrade this because of that because of this. I do get an extra bit of motivation every time a manufacturer decides that I need to install additional software on my machine just to manage and authorize their plug-ins (and they all seem to be heading in that direction). 

I take the opposite approach.  I keep everything up to date...
but, then again, I have the horse power to do so...and am not
adverse to dealing with issues...being r e t a r ded, I mean retired,
I have nothing but time, so it keeps me occupied...

... is on your side, yes it is!

"Or then do not upgrade anything. I try to treat my studio computer as if it were a hardware recorder. Besides minor updates to Logic, I'm not upgrading anything on it. As is, it covers all my needs."
 
Got to put some serious thought into this one...
 
John

JohnKenn
"Or then do not upgrade anything. I try to treat my studio computer as if it were a hardware recorder. Besides minor updates to Logic, I'm not upgrading anything on it. As is, it covers all my needs."
 
Got to put some serious thought into this one...
 
John

 I can see John's point.  Check out DAW forums where software is cross platform.  There are Mac users who have not taken the plunge into El Capitan.  I've gotten emails from developers that stated to hold off on that upgrade and I don't use a Mac. 
 

JohnKenn
"Or then do not upgrade anything. I try to treat my studio computer as if it were a hardware recorder. Besides minor updates to Logic, I'm not upgrading anything on it. As is, it covers all my needs."
 
Got to put some serious thought into this one...
 
John

That's what I will do eventually with my current win7 system. Currently Sonar keeps getting better with every release, so I maintain the system up to date but since there is no more support on win10 for several of my audio devices, there will be a point when I freeze the system and use it as is for a while ... and then build a parallel universe with new audio devices on win18 or whatever it is then before the current system leaves me ...

It's important to emphasize the blog writer is on a Mac.  I noticed a long time ago there is more of a "do or die" timeline with their OS upgrades than on Windows. 
 
Note that Mountain Lion, his "outdated" O.S. was released 4 years before, to be followed by its successor, Maverick, 18 months later.  You read that right -- 18 months!  I call that madness, by any reasonable standard. 
 
Now compare Apple's timeline with Windows release dates:  Win 7 - Oct 2009; Win8 - Oct 2012; Win 8.1 - Oct 2013; and finally, Win 10 - Jul 2015.
 
There are lots of folks here still happily using Win 7 (now at 6 and a half years old). I'm on Win 8.1, and have no plans to go to Win 10 until I build my new DAW sometime next year.
 
Honestly, after reading that blog, the only thing I came away with was that I'm glad I never jumped on the Mac "loco-motive".  (Reminds me of the trains in India that don't stop at the station, but only slow down so passengers can get on or off.  If you're too slow, you get injured or die).

The thing with OS-X isn't so much the speed of releases, but Apple's support model. Apple supports two versions prior to the current OS. So they support 10.11, 10.10 and 10.9 currently. As soon as 10.12 releases they will discontinue 10.9 support. Since they release pretty fast, and OS is supported for a couple years at most.
 
Microsoft supports their OSes for 10 years from first date of release. Doesn't matter how many they release after tat, they support it for the same time regardless. Hence every OS from Vista to 10 is currently in support, with Vista going out of support next year.
 
Net effect is that with OS-X you have to upgrade more often to stay in support. With Windows so long as you get a version of Windows reasonably early in its support cycle, you can stay on the same version for the whole time you have a computer. Like if you buy a computer now with Windows 10, you can keep it until 2025 and it'll still have support. Even if you buy one now with 8.1, it'll stay supported until 2023.

I try to do it Rains way. End up doing it Larry's way. "OK, just one more, then I'm done."
 
Hi, my name is BassDaddy and i'm a up-dat-a-holic.