Adobe Reader "not supported on this type of Mac."

After years with system 10.4, my new iMac is a week old and I need to check application manuals -- then, if they use Adobe Reader, I get the above message. Nor can I open the application for the same reason.
I'm no lover of Adobe and it's constant online interruptions, but clearly I need some of it. So please, what exactly does one need?
Thanks . . . Fortes

By "Adobe icon" I assume you mean a document file with an extension of ".pdf" (like "Users Manual.pdf") that in Finder views shows "Kind" as "Portable Document Format."
If so, you can probably eliminate the problem just by deleting the old Adobe Reader application folder (or better yet by running its uninstaller).
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This will make Preview the default app for all pdf files.

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