This provides some additional support for your cynicism (and may also be useful to you): http://lifehacker.com/5994204/mlpostfactor-installs-mountain-lion-on-o

This provides some additional support for your cynicism (and may also be useful to you): http://lifehacker.com/5994204/mlpostfactor-installs-mountain-lion-on-older-macs http://lifehacker.com/5994204/mlpostfactor-installs-mountain... I have a (slightly) less cynical interpretation, which is that they have a finite amount of engineering time and would rather use it developing new products than supporting old ones (or increasing capacity at the risk of lowering focus/quality). It's probably not a coincidence that developing new products makes more $$ than supporting old ones.