Hooey? And then you go and make my point and not even notice. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hooey. My two Macs are both over four years old. The older one runs > 10.3.9, the other runs 10.5. No plans to upgrade further until I decide > to replace the older computer. My "closet" computer, a 12-13 year old > model, still runs OS 9 and works fine. > > The cut-off for 10.6 is based on CPU; it requires a Mac with an Intel > processor. Mac OS 10.5 has a relatively modest minimum CPU speed. > Apple will support 10.5 until they release 10.7. Where is Apple telling > me my computer is too old? Apple is trying to tempt me to buy a newer > model, not telling me I _must_ buy the newest anything. That is a M$ > model. > > Thank you, > > Mark Snyder > -----Original Message----- > > No, I mean what is acceptable for Apple or any other OS vendor to tell > you your hardware is too old you have to spend money again. > > I find it ironic that some of the MFBs have touted the low price of snow > cat evading the fact that apple is a hardware company, not a software > one..and also not mentioning that anyone with a machine older then 4 > years can't run it. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
