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Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ... by DrJokepu on Thursday February 27, 2014 @03:36PM (#7314848)
Apple computers can never run older versions of OS X than whatever was the latest when the model was released. If you are tied to a specific version of OS X you are sitting on a ticking bomb because if your hardware fails there will be no way to downgrade a new Macintosh.
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Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ... by fleitz on Thursday February 27, 2014 @04:38PM (#7315293)
Yes, except when the ticking bomb explodes it will upgrade your operating system rather than you know... destroying stuff.

If upgrade/downgrade issues are your primary concerns when purchasing hardware then Apple is probably not the right hardware vendor for your needs.

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Re:Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 20% Macs ... by DrJokepu on Thursday February 27, 2014 @04:53PM (#7315409)
I don't disagree with what you said in any way; all I said was that if your business depends on running a specific OS X version, well, you are going to be in trouble soon.
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