I expect it's more of AMD's doing in the case of the X1600 than Apple. They discontinued driver support for it as Windows 7 released back in 2009.
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OS X Mountain Lion Drops Support for Many 2006-2008 Macs with Integrated Graphics
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I expect it's more of AMD's doing in the case of the X1600 than Apple. They discontinued driver support for it as Windows 7 released back in 2009.
well, one of the main marketing plots is that " macs last forever ", but what about now? is 3 years the time our macbooks are supposed to last now?
That's odd
As far as i read the preview from Apple's webpage, i don't see anything that could prevent 10.8 running on Macs with Intel graphic card. Not sure why would Apple want to do that, but that's Apple. While i still enjoying Windows 7 on my old old AMD Athlon64 PC built on 2005. Looking forward for Windows 8 on my old machine, while i throw my old Macbook away. Oh well, i am more will torrent 10.8 and install on my Macbook Pro. Not paying Apple single penny.
As far as i read the preview from Apple's webpage, i don't see anything that could prevent 10.8 running on Macs with Intel graphic card. Not sure why would Apple want to do that, but that's Apple. While i still enjoying Windows 7 on my old old AMD Athlon64 PC built on 2005. Looking forward for Windows 8 on my old machine, while i throw my old Macbook away. Oh well, i am more will torrent 10.8 and install on my Macbook Pro. Not paying Apple single penny.
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I created a separate SL partition for the few programs I have that need Rosetta. That way I can enjoy the features of Lion the rest of the time. Just a thought.
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I created a separate SL partition for the few programs I have that need Rosetta. That way I can enjoy the features of Lion the rest of the time. Just a thought.
I don't think anyone ever claimed that Macs last forever. And your Mac will still work.
Well the GMA 945/950 was weak when it was released. Let alone several years down the road. Not to say it's trash as that little chipset does handle Windows 7 Aero pretty well, but it does have a fine black line of limitations. I assume Apple has finally accepted that.
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I liked the 2x2 layout better than 1x4 as well, but it's really not a big deal because you can program shortcuts for pretty much whatever you want, including jumping to a space, pulling up widgets, and Exposé.
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I liked the 2x2 layout better than 1x4 as well, but it's really not a big deal because you can program shortcuts for pretty much whatever you want, including jumping to a space, pulling up widgets, and Exposé.
My BlackBook supports Lion, but I need to run Fusion and VMWare suggests 4GB RAM (alone) to run Fusion on Lion. People run it on less, but those with older machines complain about a lack of speed in those cases. I could go from 4GB to 6GB (per OWC), but that is another $100 and I really like my setup with Spaces in Snow Leopard.
Apple's support for machines has been trending toward a three-year limit (like AppleCare) from the end of a particular model.
Personally, I have been thinking about upgrading, but after reading about Ivy Bridge and Haswell, I have decided that while IB offers a nice CPU improvement, Haswell is the better upgrade because of the advancement of Intel's integrated graphics with Haswell. Given Apple's tendency to EOL hardware based on graphics, I think Apple will support a Haswell-based system longer than IB just based on graphics ability.
I thought Apple used to advertise how their machines used to get updates for years. Like 7 years.
To be honest, the main features of ML are just a few new apps. If your computer can run L, then it should be able to run ML.
To be honest, the main features of ML are just a few new apps. If your computer can run L, then it should be able to run ML.
With your trackpad, three finger swipe left or right will switch between full screen apps or other desktops you have open. From desktop 1, a three finger swipe right will bring you to the dashboard.
Yeah, I was pretty worried about my Late 2008 Aluminum MacBook, but it seems to be safe. Reason being it has a dedicated Nvidia 9400M, which is pretty much equivalent to Nvidia 320M and the latest Intel 3000 that the current-gen 13" MacBook Air/Pros sport. I hope this MacBook lasts me a long time cuz I love it.The both of you just made my day a whole lot better. I saw Late-2008 up there and got worried for a minute. I'm extremely happy with my decision now. Still rocking the removable battery and the latest OS. It's a good day.
Are there any odds is decision could be reversed, or are we (the Unibody Aluminum MacBook users) pretty safely locked in to getting Mountain Lion? I'm happy with Lion, but I would like to know I'm still thought about in Apple's world.
Great, great news. Can't wait to update. Even though it feels like Lion just came out.
So Mountain Lion won't run on a Mac mini I purchased new in 2007 but I have no problem at all running Windows 8 on a laptop I purchased in 2004. Strange. Thanks a lot Apple.
Oh, and I just remembered one of my favorite features that they touted in Snow Leopard and then promptly removed in Lion.
Click and hold on any icon in the dock and it would show you all the windows for whichever app you were pointing at! Fantastically handy! So intuitive that even though it's gone in Lion, I still try doing it all the freakin' time (and it never works.
I'm not sure I understand you, I am on Lion, when I click and hold on an application icon in the dock, all the open windows of that application are listed on the top of the pop up menu. I use this all the time when web browsing as I will often have multiple windows instead of tabs for this exact use.
Why are they doing this? is there an OpenGL upgrade or something, or are they simply being dicks. again.
tl;dr: The Mac is now just a device. Apple doesn't charge for major OS releases on their devices.
Long version:
There doesn't have to be a precedent. Consider Steve Jobs' statement at 2011 WWDC that Apple is going to, "...demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device; just like an iPhone, an iPad, and an iPod touch." With today's announcements, Apple has truly made the Mac just another device in 10.8 and Apple doesn't charge for OS releases to their devices. Why would the Mac be any different than the others? It's now just another device. The move to a yearly release schedule all but proves this, in my mind. They want to keep both OSes in sync so that the user experiences can be unified in an iCloud way.
Surprisingly, $29 is a barrier to updating for some users. It's far better than $129, but it's not $0. Unless users upgrade quickly to new OS X releases, Apple won't be able to continue pushing their iCloud strategy on all of their devices. Removing the cost barrier is one way of ensuring more people upgrade sooner and this is better for Apple in the long run due to the better experience for customers.
Apple's amazing bottom line comes from the purchase of high-margin hardware products, not from OS software releases. If Apple is willing to forgo revenue from iOS releases (which can't be significantly cheaper to develop and test than OS X), then I see no reason why they won't eventually do the same for OS X since the Mac is now, say it with me, just another device.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but this all seems way too logical to me. I will be shocked if Apple doesn't take this approach going forward. It makes too much sense.
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That's different. The OP was talking about Dock Expose, now called App Expose, where just the open windows for the app will show. What you see is just text, not the actual window contents (which is far more usable). Read my response a few pages back.
Few questions
1) any idea id ML is less resource hungary than Lion?
2)If these are free updates, do you think that Apple will prevent users from the ability to downgrade the OS?
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In SL, when you do that, it acts as expose for the app you are holding. In lion, it just has a list of what windows that app has open
1) any idea id ML is less resource hungary than Lion?
2)If these are free updates, do you think that Apple will prevent users from the ability to downgrade the OS?
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In SL, when you do that, it acts as expose for the app you are holding. In lion, it just has a list of what windows that app has open
I should be ok.
I have an early 2008 iMac running the Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.66GHz and it's 64bit from top to bottom with 4gigs DDR2 of Ram. My video card is the ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro with 256MB of VRam.
And I'm currently running Lion perfectly.
Should I be ok?
I have an early 2008 iMac running the Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.66GHz and it's 64bit from top to bottom with 4gigs DDR2 of Ram. My video card is the ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro with 256MB of VRam.
And I'm currently running Lion perfectly.
Should I be ok?
Try pressing the spacebar over a highlighted window in grouped-up mode. It works just like you'd expect (QuickLook). I think the issue you're having is learning the new way Apple expects you to do things. It is annoying that they make these kinds of decisions for us though...