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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Why doesn't Apple update the kernel instead of outdating hardware/software?
Date: 18 Mar 2015 12:58:08 GMT
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On 2015-03-18, Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <55088408$0$1488$c3e8da3$12bcf670@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
>> > Apple doesn't purposely degrade support for older hardware to force
>> > people to upgrade.
>> 
>> degrade ? Did I say "degrade" ?
>> 
>> It simply stops producing software for older hardware. Nothing wrong
>> with that.  But it has the side effect of inciting people to upgrade
>> hardware. 
>
> By the time a computer is not supported by the current OS, it's usually
> time to replace the computer for other reasons.
>
> When Mountain Lion came out in July 2011, I had a late 2006 iMac, which
> was the newest model that could not run Mountain Lion.  That's support
> going back five years.  Yosemite can run on Macs that came out in 2007;
> that's going back eight years.
>
> If what you allege is true, the OS wouldn't be able to run on machines
> more than two years old.
>
> You have been told this before, but fail to acknowledge it, so yes, you
> are trolling.

It's all he does, when you think about it. Rarely, if ever, does he say
anything about Apple that might be seen in a good light. 

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