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This guy's hardware is from 2008. I don't think refusing to support four-year-old hardware counts as forced obsoletion.

• kls 14y ago
  On a laptop and desktop it does. I would expect it to be relevant for a least 5 years and non-official support but still runs the latest, just maybe not that great, for a few more. We are talking about 4K laptops and desktops here not phones that get recycled every one to two years.
  • shadesandcolour 14y ago
    I think one has to consider the reasoning for not supporting it any more. The shift from 32 bits to 64 bits is a pretty big one. Prior to this being a requirement it was totally normal for Apple's older hardware to run the latest operating system version, and for people that have 64-bit capable machines, I assume that the same longevity will be seen. The change to 64-bit also affects the amount of RAM which may come into play here as well.
    • kls 14y ago
      Sure I understand that, and if it is the case I hope it goes well for Apple. I know when we where bitten by a similar issue by Apple (the 68k to PPC transition) they lost a lot of customers for abruptly discontinuing support for systems that where not long dead. I know with that transition I had a 6k dollar brick after only 6 months of life. It took me a decade to come back to Apple and only after they switched to a process that was supported by other OS's, so that I would have a bail out plan. I understand they did what they had to do to survive back then, but when you eat 6K you don't have much appetite to do it again. I would hate to see a repeat of that, now that they seem to have gotten their act together, especially since they can't fall back on the we had to do it to survive excuse, which gained them a lot of forgiveness back then.