Ars Technica notes that Apple has officially confirmed dropping support for certain 64-bit Macs, with its upcoming OS X release, Mountain Lion.
OS X Mountain Lion is set to be publicly released sometime this month for $19.99.
On the "How to upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion" page, under the compatibilty section Apple notes:
Your Mac must be one of the following models:
- iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
- MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
- MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
- Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
- Xserve (Early 2009)
If I had one of these Macs, I would probably turn it into a Windows 8 PC like I'm doing with my 2006 Intel Core Duo Mac, as Microsoft is still supporting its hardware. I enjoy OS X, but I do want my hardware supported longer if possible.
This is an INSULT to our ground troops and air fighters who show ACTUAL battlefield bravery!
It was a good idea, I’ll say that. But Windows Home Server (WHS) never really caught on with consumers for a variety of perfectly legitimate reasons, and when the most recent (and just second) version of the product appeared last year sans Drive Extender, I suspected, like many others, that the end was near. Today, it’s official: Windows Home Server has been cancelled by Microsoft.
I use Windows Home Server 2011, the current version, as the center of my home network. This was the subject of some controversy, as WHS 2011 lacked the Drive Extender technology—which provided data replication and single pool of storage functionality—that many felt was the entire point of the product.
I understood the frustration around the demise of Drive Extender but disagreed (still do) that its lack undermined the central point of this server. In my September 2011 review of Windows Home Server, I highlighted the product’s key features—automatic and centralized PC backups, automatic server backup, home network health monitoring, content storage and sharing, and remote access—and my adoption of a cloud backup service called Crashplan.
I LOVE Taco Bell. I fell in love with their food when I was a little kid and have loved it ever since. (I still wish they would bring their chili cheese burrito back.) However, I found this recent Public Relations piece for their new Cantina Menu on CNN, disguised as a news article, highly disturbing: