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Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ... by RexRollman on Thursday February 27, 2014 @03:19PM (#7314734)
That titles seems alarmist. It could also be stated that the users who aren't upgrading are leaving 20% of Macs vulnerable.
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Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ... by cjensen on Thursday February 27, 2014 @03:27PM (#7314784)
Lion requires a 64-bit Intel CPU. All of the initial Intel Macs cannot be upgraded past Snow Leopard. All PowerPC Macs cannot be upgraded past Leopard.
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Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ... by protomyth on Thursday February 27, 2014 @03:35PM (#7314836)
Even the 64-bit CPU won't run Lion if the EFI is 32-bit.
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Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ... by nobbyclark on Thursday February 27, 2014 @03:26PM (#7314782)
In other news: 20% of all laptop users lack technical know how
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