It’s not the first time Apple has abandoned older machines after a major tech transition-ask anyone who has tried to upgrade the software on the older Mac Mini with a PowerPC processor. (Apple’s newest iOS devices are also 64-bit.) Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, and all versions that followed, are 64-bit. Unlike previous $20 upgrades like Lion and Mountain Lion, Mavericks doesn’t cost a thing.Īpple might have also retired Snow Leopard since it’s the last remaining operating system that supports 32-bit Macs, which contain first generation “Core” processors. Perhaps Apple’s thinking is that there’s no reason for Snow Leopard users not to upgrade to OS X Mavericks, given that it’s now possible to upgrade directly from Snow Leopard to its latest OS-for free. See also: Apple Celebrates 30 Years Of The Mac Computer Meanwhile, Snow Leopard has been around for just 4 years-since August 28, 2009-which explains why one in five Macs are still operating on that version of OS X. Microsoft’s Windows XP came out on October 25, 2001-more than 12 years ago-but Microsoft says it will continue supporting the system until April 8, 2014. Apple might be distancing itself from Microsoft’s tradition of supporting older operating systems for decades and beyond, a practice some call excessive. Snow Leopard hasn’t been issued an update since September 2013, which has led many to believe that the four-year-old operating system is being retired. All of the updates included a critical patch that resolved a major security exploit. On Tuesday, the company released an important update for Mavericks, or OS X 10.9, plus security updates for its two predecessors, Mountain Lion (10.8) and Lion (10.7), but there was nothing for Snow Leopard or any other previously-released versions of OS X. Apple has all but announced it will no longer support Mac computers running Snow Leopard, or OS X 10.6.
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