Why must I upgrade my os, just to install iTunes 10.7 when if I used a pc I could do it on windows xp!

Question

I have no idea what to do. Macs should be easy. I have never had any problems using iPods or iPhones on a pc without a super setup. I am using my dads old MacBook pro 2.33 ghz and I would like to use this for my new iPhone 5. I used a Sony vaio laptop before with my iPhone 4 with absolutely no fuss but it incurred a pokerstars related fall and is permanently out of commission. So if I had my old laptop running vista or 7 I forget which I had I would be able to install iTunes 10.7 but now I am using a machine supposedly superior (doubt it) and from the same manufacturer as the phone I bought I must install a new os at some sort of cost to me? Is there any other way round this? I'm flat broke obviously because I just bought the 5 and don't know when I'll have funds for a new os : (

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply. I called apple as I had 90day support with the iPhone but after a hour all they could do was book a appointment for Monday. The guy could not be more helpful even though I'm not up and running. I'm from Scotland and he said something along the same line. Then he concluded that I would need a disc to do this and that he was unable to do that at the time, hence the call back. I just find it strange that I could have my 5 running with windows xp! An obsolete os from in computing terms a lifetime ago! Where as with a apple system I need a upgrade at a cost to me even though I spent a exorbitant amount (£350, exorbitant compared to US prices) for my iPhone that's made by them. I find that very unfair that I have to purchase this even though it states the minimum requirements on the website you assume that if it can run on xp it should run on a newer mac system with no problems. Also the fact that I've had a undeniably beautiful piece of technology for more than 3 days unable to use it. It's ****! : (