> Mountain Lion will not run on machines that have a 32-bit EFI (bios).
> It has nothing to do with the processor type. My going on 5 year old
> Core 2 Duo Mac Book Pro runs just fine with 10.8. My 2007 Quad Core
> Mac Pro does not, because it has a 32-bit (rather than 64-bit) EFI.
> Time passes, technology changes. You might be able to load Windows 8
> on some ancient machine, but getting it to run in any useful way is a
> completely different issue. And realistically, most computer systems
> are getting pretty ancient at the 5 year mark.
Windows XP was a screamer on a 2 GHz Core 2 Duo, Vista was a hotrod
on that processor, Windows 7 is the most stable operating system ever
on that platform ... all on a four year old Mac Mini that Apple will
not support with Mountain Lion. Even the Windows 8 preview runs just
fine on another system with similar processor/RAM although it could
probably benefit from another couple GB of RAM.
I certainly do not consider those systems "ancient" by any means *but*
it means that I will not be running OS-X on anything for a long time.
I will probably wipe the Apple operating systems from the Mac Minis
in the house and convert them to Windows 7 or Windows 8 and enjoy the
far greater choice of amateur software as well.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 8/24/2012 11:10 AM, Grant Youngman wrote:
>>>
>>
>> While Apple has a good reputation for reliable hardware, their
>> software policies make that long term reliability useless. Apple
>> simply updates the operating system so often - and requires that
>> all users purchase each incremental update.
>
> Partly true, but with a major caveat. Point upgrades, e.g. Lion (10.7) to
> Mountain Lion (10.8) cost a "budget busting" $20. Updates within that point
> level (e.g.10.8.1 to 10.8.2) cost nothing. I can purchase a whole lot of
> future Apple OS upgrades for the price of one copy of Windows 8.
>
>
>> In addition, each
>> major version upgrade will not run on less than current hardware
>> (e.g. "Mountain Lion" will not run on Intel "Core2 Duo" systems
>> that are only a four years old) and many application updates
>> require the current OS version.
>
> Mountain Lion will not run on machines that have a 32-bit EFI (bios). It has
> nothing to do with the processor type. My going on 5 year old Core 2 Duo Mac
> Book Pro runs just fine with 10.8. My 2007 Quad Core Mac Pro does not,
> because it has a 32-bit (rather than 64-bit) EFI. Time passes, technology
> changes. You might be able to load Windows 8 on some ancient machine, but
> getting it to run in any useful way is a completely different issue. And
> realistically, most computer systems are getting pretty ancient at the 5 year
> mark.
>>
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
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