01-06-2017, 11:20 PM
bobinmurphy wrote:
[quote=PeterW]
If you have a 2007 mini, you cannot get it to run Mavericks regardless of the amount of memory. That model tops out at 10.7.5 (Lion).
I understand the technological need for dropping support for older hardware - it's not always just a marketing thing to try and force people to upgrade to newer hardware. BUT, I sure miss the old days when just about any new version of the OS just ran on any older hardware. Maybe didn't run all that great but it gave one a chance to test out the new features and then decide if they really needed them enough to want to upgrade to newer hardware.
When was that? Apple regularly dropped support for older models through their history.
OS 10 dropped support for all models which didn't ship with a G3 chip or later, and the Kanga
OS 10.3 dropped Beige G3s and WallStreet PBG3s
OS 10.4 dropped iMacs 233-333MHz, iBooks 300-366MHz, Lombard PBG3s
OS 10.5 dropped all G3s, and G4s slower than 867MHz
OS 10.6 dropped all G4s and G5s, desktop and laptop
OS 10.7 dropped all Core Duo and Solo Macs
OS 10.8 dropped Core 2 Duo "Merom" (667 bus) Macs, MacBook 2,1-4,1, MacPro 1,1&2,1
No drops until after then until 10.12. Seems pretty consistent to me.