OS X Mountain Lion Drops Support For Certain 64-bit Macs

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)

Full Article Here

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.

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