Installing Software over the Internet
Although many stores sell packaged Macintosh software, you’ll find a much greater variety of software by searching the Internet.
Note
Selling software in stores is expensive. The software publisher needs to pay for a CD or DVD and a pretty box, and then it sells the product to a distributor who then sells and ships it to a store. By selling software directly over the Internet, software publishers save money, so they may pass the savings on to you by offering a discount if you buy and download their programs over the Internet.
Figure 23-1. To install a program, you may be prompted to drag a program icon into the ...
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