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| Confirmed: Mountain Lion incompatible with some 64bit Macs |
| By special contributor moondevil on 2012-07-11 22:49:30 |
| Ars Technica is reporting that certain 64bit Mac models won't be able to run Mountain Lion. The problem is the graphic card drivers; these are still 32bit, and Apple is unwilling to update them to 64bit. A 64bit kernel can't load 32bit drivers, so that's that. Apple has a list of supported models on their Mountain Lion upgrade page, so you can easily check if your computer is capable of running Mountain Lion. |
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| No biggie |
| By demosthenese on 2012-07-11 23:48:41 |
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Just buy a new mac. Posted from my iPhone. |
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| RE: No biggie |
| By Quake on 2012-07-12 00:12:57 |
| I hope that was a sarcastic remark... |
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| RE: No biggie |
| By Morgan on 2012-07-12 00:20:04 |
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I know your comment was meant as bait, but yeah that might be an option for some. Another option would be to pass on Mountain Lion, and yet another would be to sell the Mac and buy a current generation i5/i7 Windows machine. You could even install a 64-bit GNU/Linux OS or a BSD alongside Windows and get your *nix on that way. As for me? Well, my only Mac runs system 7.5.3 and boots in 10 seconds. :) |
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| Errrr... |
| By henderson101 on 2012-07-12 00:23:15 |
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... Confirmed - the Macs tat we were told were not compatible with Mountain Lion are.... NOT COMPATIBLE WITH MOUNTAIN LION!! <sarcasm>Send in the lawyers I feel a CLASS ACTION SUIT BREWING!! </sarcasm> |
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| Comment by quantum8 |
| By quantum8 on 2012-07-12 00:24:48 |
| I'm sure the guys in the OSx86 community will have drivers for those gfx cards in no time, or maybe already have them! |
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| RE[2]: No biggie |
| By henderson101 on 2012-07-12 00:25:41 |
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Mine runs System 6 and boots in like, 2 seconds. * * Power of factory installed ROM based OS (Mac Classic, has system 6 in ROM) |
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| RE[3]: No biggie |
| By Morgan on 2012-07-12 00:30:55 |
| Nice! Mine's a Performa 460 with maxed RAM and a 200MB SCSI drive. Next upgrade is a 10MB Ethernet card. |
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| RE[2]: No biggie |
| By quackalist on 2012-07-12 00:44:15 |
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Another option might be to create a stink...wtf, why am I always surprised at the contempt Apple has for it's customers. Isn't one of the supposed 'pluses' of controlling both hardware and the OS that a limited... why bother. |
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| RE[3]: No biggie |
| By Morgan on 2012-07-12 00:59:36 |
| Well we can't blame this particular issue on Jobs' absence as it was already in the planning stages before he died. But there are some decidedly negative vibes coming from the company these days. One in particular is Apple's decision to no longer seek EPEAT certification for any current and future products. I doubt he would have allowed that to happen. |
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| It's support that matters |
| By malxau on 2012-07-12 01:07:28 |
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The real issue here isn't whether a machine can run a new OS, but that the old OS will stop receiving security updates relatively shortly. If the next release is also 12 months, and if Apple continues with its current N-1 support policy, a Core 2 Duo won't have any updated Mac OS 12 months from now. The hardware will still be perfectly capable at that time, and presumably will still be in widespread use. Or, more generically: http://www.computerworld.com/s/a... |
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