App Store software system requirments very misleading

While I have not purchased anything my mac can't run why are the listed system requirments totally misleading?
I have a macbook 2.16 intel GMA950, most games in the app store I should not even attempt to run but yet call of duty 4 is listed as only requiring 10.6.6
and its the same for just about ever program sold in the app store from what I can tell.
I wonder how many have purchased stuff based on that and found they can't run it at all.
Apple/develoeprs should be giving much better requirment listings in the store and/or eliminating apps that can't be run on the mac that is accessing the store
opinions?

There is a difference in system requirements, which usually refer to the computer's operating system, and hardware requirements. The system requirements are important in relation to using the apps on other Macs the user may have. Some folks have not realized that the apps acquired from the app store will only run on Mac OS X 10.6.6, 10.6.7 and now 10.6.8 and have transferred them to Macs with a lower OS installed and the app will not run. Whereas, the same version of the app acquired from another source may well run on a MAC OS lower than 10.6.6.
It would be a lot to list all of the hardware exceptions to a video intense game.

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Anonymous
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3. There is also an option to reset all warnings for buying and downloading under "View My Account." Do this, click "Done," sign out of the App Store and quit the App Store.
4. Open the Preferences in safari and select Privacy. Select "Remove All Website Data." Just do it.
5. Launch the app store and sign in.
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Mac App Store: Cannot update App Store purchases or updates do not seem available
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Can anyone clarify this?

Thank you for this an the other posts. Particularly for Barney,
I have just discovered that Turbotax actually permits you to print (and save to PDF) documents from the Help
Center built into the program, even when you are OFFLINE. Works just like normal printing is supposed to. It just won't let you print actual tax forms. So I guess they were willing to violate Apple’s rules when you print information from their help center offline, but you just can't do the same with your own tax forms. Clearly this shows that what Intuit told Forbes was a fabrication.
They do in fact have the proper code in the program for printing and saving to PDF. They just deny you usage of that code for printing your tax returns, which they want to copy. I don’t think there can be any doubt about what they are doing. Surely they are not deceiving apple by allowing the limited print function?
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