How Long Does Apple Support Older OS's

[Wicked1]

I am thinking of keeping OSX SL and not upgrading my main Mini, my Wife's new Mini has Lion and she doesn't care but I do not like it.

Unlike Microsoft who does stop support, Does Apple ever stop support on recent OS's, more concerned with OSX 10.5 and 10.6

Just looking to see how long I have before I HAVE TO switch

 

[robbieduncan]

In general Apple only support (in terms of security updates) the current and previous releases of OSX. Once a new version comes out there tend to be very few feature releases for older versions. Apple's own software frequently requires or has additional features on the newest OS only.

 

[GGJstudios]

Support, in what way? As far as updating with new enhancements or features, they stop as soon as a new OS is available. They might provide an update that corrects a serious security flaw, but nothing else.

 

[brdeveloper]

I think currently Snow Leopard is supported but Leopard don't. As Lion gains market share, Snow Leo tends to be abandoned. Upgrading Apple OS is a lot cheaper than Windows, however outdated Windows OS tends to be supported longer than OSX, mostly because of corporate adoption of Windows and security concerns.