HT201364 Unhappy (vintage?) Mac OS 10.6.8 user
I own a Macbook late 2006 which i have upgraded to 2gb and 500gb; i own an iphone 4gs and an Ipad 1.
I don't have icloud on my macbook (my latest available OS is 10.6.8) so all my syncs are a mess; i cannot download icloud app separately and cannot upgrade to OS Mavericks, even though it is free and my computer has the necessary requirements after its upgrades.
I am very happy with how my macbook performs, I don't need another computer and don't want to trash this one for a few feats (it doesn't seem very GREEN to me changing a computer every other year when i don't need to).
I am very UNHAPPY with what seems a strategy to renovate working computers, it hurts your relationship to faithful customers who are not willing to buy something new every other year.
I don't see the advantage of buying a computer that is more expensive than the rest of the market, but lasts the same amount of time.
If you could only let me (us, i think there are more out there) get Icloud as a free app to upgrade the deceased Mobile me, at least it would be useful.
Hope somebody reads this.
You're not left out "for a year only." There are some pretty significant changes between the 2006 and the 2007 MacBook Pro. Mainly the whole subsystem on the 2007+ models is 64-bit, and the 2006 model is 32-bit. Mountain Lion and later are pure 64 bit from the EFI layer on up, so it's just not technically possible.
Also, to be fair, you say "forced to upgrade every other year." Your system is SEVEN YEARS OLD now, so that seems a bit hyperbolic
There is a very real cost to Apple to continuing to support systems that are half a decade old and more. The technology of the computers changes and advances (it's not just higher CPU speeds and new RAM, but all sorts of new chipsets for things like Thunderbolt, new WiFi technologies that enable AirPlay and AirDrop with no CPU cost, etc.,) and having hugely fragmented feature sets across machines to support machines that are 7 years old is rough. You should have seen the number of complaints in these forums when AirPlay didn't work on machines built in 2010 (there were real reasons for this as well).
Lion may work for you to get iCloud. Or a new 13" MacBook Air at $1500 every 7 years averages out to just over $200/year for a computer. That's pretty inexpensive.
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