HT3770 Where are 1,1 (2006) Mac Pros?

Bought as a full 64bit system and now even Apple is not  listing it as it would:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3770
So no Mountain Lion support on a +2,5K€ system boutght as a 64bit one?
Com'on Apple stop playing with those iThings and go back to Mac computers...

Maybe you guys are just not getting the point.
I bought it as a full 64bit computer and now the same company -Apple-  is telling her users that "sorry, that was not true!"
The questiion is why should I upgrade buying a new Mac Pro if my actual config is just working as aspected and should work as a full 64bit config? Is just a silly Apple decision of not supporting a system that even today is better that some new non-Pro models. AAMOF I can even run Windows 7 64bit on it.... but not because Apple support it... of course you have to hack a bit just because Apple decided to give no support for such a config.
That is a stupid move most of all because the current MacPro models are just "old": no USB3, no Thunderbolt, no SDXC slot, old video cards ... but of course same old price... in the mean time that price should have been lowered a lot (maybe up to 30-40% in those config whitout a super Xeon config). At an updated price I would have bought a new Mac Pro already (at least 8 months ago). New Xeon CPUs are coming... we'll see what's going to happen.
Very old-school Mac user here guys... one of those user who always supported Apple especially when things were not going as well today.
There is only one absolute certainty: Apple is no more investing in the Pro market. And it is a real shame.

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    Thanks, The Hatter. I'm working through all the links you've provided and see if I can narrow down the problem.
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    Wed Mar  6 11:25:26 2013
    panic(cpu 2 caller 0x2ceabf): Kernel trap at 0x00baf978, type 14=page fault, registers:
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    EAX: 0x7db19000, EBX: 0x07eb6004, ECX: 0x0ff00000, EDX: 0x0ff00000
    CR2: 0x8da19000, EBP: 0x4469bc38, ESI: 0x0ff00000, EDI: 0x08feab04
    EFL: 0x00010206, EIP: 0x00baf978, CS:  0x00000008, DS:  0x00000010
    Error code: 0x00000000
    Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
    0x4469ba98 : 0x2203de (0x6b08cc 0x4469bab8 0x229fb0 0x0)
    0x4469bac8 : 0x2ceabf (0x6bd9e0 0xbaf978 0xe 0x6bd989)
    0x4469bb78 : 0x2e5564 (0x4469bba0 0x4469bb88 0x4469bb98 0x22cbbb)
    0x4469bb98 : 0xbaf978 (0xe 0x44690048 0xff1b0010 0x10)
    0x4469bc38 : 0x1547167 (0x8ad2c04 0x7eb6004 0xff00000 0x7eb6004)
    0x4469bc58 : 0x153e35c (0x7eb6004 0x8feab04 0x0 0xff00000)
    0x4469bc88 : 0xcb6c56 (0x7eb6004 0x9465004 0x4469bca0 0x0)
    0x4469bd38 : 0xd27c8a (0x7eb6004 0x9465004 0x8971c14 0xff)
    0x4469bdc8 : 0xd2933e (0x7eb6004 0x8a97c04 0x0 0x0)
    0x4469be28 : 0xd2b46a (0x7eb6004 0x8a97c04 0x8 0x2)
    0x4469be58 : 0x1562269 (0x7eb6004 0x8a97c04 0x0 0x0)
    0x4469be88 : 0xd2b589 (0x7eb6004 0x8a97c04 0x0 0x0)
    0x4469bed8 : 0xb9eb05 (0x7eb6004 0x0 0x0 0x0)
    0x4469bf68 : 0xb5362c (0x7eb6004 0x1 0x7c637f0 0x7c63be8)
    0x4469bf98 : 0x23e4ae (0x8af4400 0x7eb6004 0xfa6d03 0x7eb4028)
    0x4469bfc8 : 0x2c7d0c (0x84ad60 0x0 0x10 0x92f8410)
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
             com.apple.NVDAResman.G7xxx(7.0.4)[6581C9F3-3221-4530-BEB4-627CB8D602AE]@0xb4c00 0->0xe41fff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[8087C029-833E-4B62-A8C3-2B074B4C55F7]@0xade000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.4)[393829BA-614C-4ED7-B4AD-CE577A41C683]@0xb3 b000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.4)[EE3F8FBE-3457-4F0E-A3A3-B9B1A44DCF6B]@0 xb07000
             com.apple.nvidia.nv40hal.G7xxx(7.0.4)[C61073DF-524F-472B-A19F-3B80B884F6C5]@0x1 4b2000->0x15bdfff
                dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman.G7xxx(7.0.4)[6581C9F3-3221-4530-BEB4-627CB8D602AE]@0xb4c00 0
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
    Mac OS version:
    11G63
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.2: Thu Aug 23 16:26:45 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.32.7~1/RELEASE_I386
    Kernel UUID: 859B45FB-14BB-35ED-B823-08393C63E13B
    System model name: MacPro1,1 (Mac-F4208DC8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 37415286581
    last loaded kext at 10244857365: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0 (addr 0x3125000, size 28672)
    loaded kexts:
    com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouseUSB          8.2
    com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouse          8.2
    com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftKeyboardUSB          6.2.2
    com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftKeyboard          6.2.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver          2.2.5a5
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.59
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    com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.9
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    com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer          7.3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.GeForce          7.3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.8f17
    com.apple.GeForce7xxx          7.0.4
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver          1.2.3
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver          1.1.9
    com.apple.ATIRadeonX3000          7.3.2
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          5.0.0d8
    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.1.33
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
    com.apple.driver.CSRUSBBluetoothHCIController          4.0.8f17
    com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver          4.0.8f17
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.2.1
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache          33
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.0
    com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224          501.36.15
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA          2.5.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.3.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet          2.1.3b1
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          5.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          195.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          3.2.30
    com.apple.security.quarantine          1.4
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          8
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          195.0.0
    com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.2.5a5
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          80.0.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.6fc18
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.3
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    com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          7.3.2
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