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Legacy Macs not supported: Are you worried? What's your plan?

Are you affected and if so, how, what's your plan?

  • Not affected - not worrying

    Votes: 143 54.6%

  • Not affected - worrying for someone else

    Votes: 39 14.9%

  • Affected - not worrying (Why? e.g. Upgrading anyway?)

    Votes: 25 9.5%

  • Affected - worrying, but will stick to Lion then :/

    Votes: 18 6.9%

  • Affected - want to get it either way - hacking it will be!

    Votes: 20 7.6%

  • Affected - want to get it - but don't think a hack will be a smooth solution

    Votes: 17 6.5%
  • Total voters
    262
Glassed Silver

Glassed Silver

macrumors 68020
Original poster
Mar 10, 2007
2,096
2,567
Kassel, Germany
Heya guys,

so... ML will drop support for GMA X3100/950 and ATi X1600 Macs...

Are you worried?
Are you affected?
What's your plan?
Do you think it will be hacked to run on older machines?


I'm not affected, but worry for my fiancé...
I'd might hack it onto her system, if that will be possible, but I fear it might not be a very smooth thing to maintain. (think updates and the hoops hackingtoshers sometimes have to jump through)


Glassed Silver:mac
 
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wrldwzrd89

wrldwzrd89

macrumors G5
Jun 6, 2003
12,110
77
Solon, OH
It looks like my mother's Mac is too old to support Mountain Lion. I, however, do not have any Macs too old to support ML.
 
daneoni

daneoni

macrumors G4
Mar 24, 2006
11,598
1,146
A friend who i got to switch in 2007 will not be able to upgrade. She is still rocking a White MacBook but alas it has a GMA 950 and is therefore SOL.
 
ThE.MeSsEnGeR

ThE.MeSsEnGeR

macrumors 6502a
Jan 26, 2009
676
79
Santiago, Chile
My white 13" MacBook (2008) has been acting weird lately... dvd not always working, screen turning off, etc... I was already waiting for this summer for the new MacBook Pro's to come out, and now that I know that ML is coming out this summer, it means it's going to be launched alongside with new Macs!

the final push for my decision is seeing that my MacBook has been listed among the non-compatible devices for ML.

15" MacBook Pro (Ivy Bridge) w/ Mountain Lion, here I come!!
 
q64ceo

q64ceo

macrumors 6502a
Aug 13, 2010
517
782
For those who have little option with their Mac's there is always the Hackintosh option
 
rprebel

rprebel

macrumors 6502
Aug 22, 2010
399
0
Where the bluebonnets bloom
I have a new Mini which won't be affected, but my 2006 Mini, which has been demoted to home theater duty, won't be able to upgrade. That's fine, since it can't use 10.7 either.

This has been going on for decades. It's nothing new, and it's no big deal. If you want to run the latest software, you need the latest hardware. Supporting legacy hardware constrains development.
 
ixodes

ixodes

macrumors 601
Jan 11, 2012
4,429
3
Pacific Coast, USA
Apple cannot stay on top forever.

History reveals the odds are stacked against that being the case with any company. Change is the one constant that we can count on.

When Apple becomes no longer relevant, I will be well prepared to move on with an appropriate strategy... :)
 
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ajvizzgamer101

macrumors 65816
Mar 3, 2008
1,007
26
United States
I have a post-2007 15' Macbook Pro. I was told it wouldn't work but it runs as smooth as butter. A few hiccups but the install was faster and smoother than Lion.
 
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FNH15

macrumors 6502a
Apr 19, 2011
812
857
My plan is to force install Mountain Lion on my MacBook 4,1. If that doesn't work, I'll buy a refurb MacBook Pro (the $929 one) when the updated MacBook Pro's come out in the Summer.
 
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AbSoluTc

Suspended
Sep 21, 2008
5,104
4,002
ixodes said:
Apple cannot stay on top forever.

History reveals the odds are stacked against that being the case with any company. Change is the one constant that we can count on.

When Apple becomes no longer relevant, I will be well prepared to move on with an appropriate strategy... :)
Click to expand...

What the hell does this even mean? :confused: You're in the wrong forum.
 
zorinlynx

zorinlynx

macrumors G3
May 31, 2007
8,165
17,643
Florida, USA
I have a 2006 Mac Pro (1,1) that is supposedly unable to run Mountain Lion.

However, since it has 64 bit CPUs, I highly suspect it will be possible to hack Mountain Lion to boot up on the machine. I hope I'm right, as this machine is MORE than fast enough for everything I need; hell Lion runs like a *SPEED DEMON* on it... and I don't want to get left behind.

So here's hoping. Theoretically it should be possible to hack Mountain Lion to boot on any Mac with a CPU supporting Long Mode (64 bit), it's just EFI that stands in the way. I'm betting someone just has to write a boot loader.

Here's hopin'.
 
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Eric8199

macrumors 6502a
Feb 27, 2009
800
187
Is the unibody 15" late 2008 (first unibody model) able to upgrade? I haven't seen the list.
 
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karsten

macrumors 6502a
Sep 3, 2010
891
122
zorinlynx said:
I have a 2006 Mac Pro (1,1) that is supposedly unable to run Mountain Lion.

However, since it has 64 bit CPUs, I highly suspect it will be possible to hack Mountain Lion to boot up on the machine. I hope I'm right, as this machine is MORE than fast enough for everything I need; hell Lion runs like a *SPEED DEMON* on it... and I don't want to get left behind.

So here's hoping. Theoretically it should be possible to hack Mountain Lion to boot on any Mac with a CPU supporting Long Mode (64 bit), it's just EFI that stands in the way. I'm betting someone just has to write a boot loader.

Here's hopin'.
Click to expand...

i'm hoping too.. is it possible for someone who has mountain lion installed to reboot with 3 and 2 pressed down to see if it will even boot in 32-bit mode? thanks
 
GimmeSlack12

GimmeSlack12

macrumors 603
Apr 29, 2005
5,403
12
San Francisco
This thread is kind of funny. Such a dramatic bunch we have here!
Seriously, you probably don't want your 5-6 year old Mac to be running the newest OS X.

I was happy when I could put 10.5 on my iBook G4, but I wasn't heartbroken when SL wouldn't work on it. Heck, I wouldn't want to.
 
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Eric8199

macrumors 6502a
Feb 27, 2009
800
187
Eric8199 said:
Is the unibody 15" late 2008 (first unibody model) able to upgrade? I haven't seen the list.
Click to expand...

To answer my own question, it appears after researching that the unibody MacBook pro late 2008 will run mountain lion.
 
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bbapps

macrumors regular
Jan 19, 2008
248
0
Texas
I have a....
iMac - 24-inch Mid 2007
MacBook - 13-inch Early 2008​

Thinking about upgrading the iMac soon (e.g. would be sooner except for the ivy bridge delay) and getting an iPad. Basically, let the MacBook die a natural death. Just need the iPad to have some storage; currently will take the macbook on the road; mainly for watching movies and internet.
 
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burnout8488

macrumors 6502a
May 8, 2011
575
79
Endwell, NY
If the X1600 is the only thing holding my Early '06 iMac back from using 10.8, I have no doubts that there will be a workaround to trick ML into using it. Hell, it might just need a kext from 10.7 transferred over. Who knows how simple it may be.

(I swapped in a Core 2 Duo, before anyone jumps on me!)
 
kdum8

kdum8

macrumors 6502a
Sep 8, 2006
919
12
Tokyo, Japan
Will my MBP be able to run Mountain Lion?

I am confused as to whether my Macbook Pro will be able to run ML. I have the last MBP released before the macbook went unibody. (Macbook Pro 4.1, 2.5 GHz Core Duo 2, mid 2008).
Although according to system profiler I am not running a 64-bit kernel, I do have the Nvidia 8600M chip which I read somewhere means I would be able to run ML.

Can anyone confirm this? :confused:There doesn't seem to be definitive answer anywhere. :confused:
 
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