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Old Jul 11th, 2012, 05:47 PM   #11
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No plans on ditching my upgraded MacPro1,1 so no mountain lion for me.

My two MacBook pros are compatible but will keep all my Macs running the same OS for now.
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Old Jul 11th, 2012, 06:31 PM   #12
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I hate to say it but when this type of thing happens it tends to be upgrade time for me. Which i'm sure is what they are hoping even if there are also technical reasons for it.
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Old Jul 12th, 2012, 12:42 AM   #13
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After that, maybe buy a gutted 2008 Mac Pro, and move parts over?

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Nah, still not worth the cost to performance boost ratio for me. Plus all the time and energy... if I could get a couple of matching quad core 3.0s at a reasonable price (which is next to impossible) that would be my next upgrade on this machine.
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Old Jul 12th, 2012, 08:14 AM   #14
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Long story short, they're ditching legacy graphics in favour of OpenCL. The old Intel GMA graphics which were horrible to begin with (What was Steve Jobs thinking?) and don't support OpenCL. Even my 2006.5 iMac's ATI Radeon Mobility X1600 doesn't support OpenCL.

Also, the EFI needs to be 64 bit. My 2006.5 iMac has a 64 bit processor but a 32 bit EFI.
Say goodbye to a whole bunch of decent 32 bit programs then. Again.
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Old Jul 12th, 2012, 08:24 AM   #15
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Say goodbye to a whole bunch of decent 32 bit programs then. Again.
32-bit programs run just fine on 10.8.
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Old Jul 12th, 2012, 12:19 PM   #16
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The one thing I was looking forward to on ML was the ability to Airplay anything to ATV. And I read somewhere that even though some 64-bit Macs would run ML, it's not all of them that would be able to Airplay. Has anyone else heard this and do you know anything about it?

I have a 2010 MBPro and I am sure it can run ML, but I am worried it may be one where AirPlay is not supported. If that is the case, then I shall not be upgrading.

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I have a 2010 MBPro and I am sure it can run ML, but I am worried it may be one where AirPlay is not supported. If that is the case, then I shall not be upgrading.
You should upgrade regardless, especially if you're running Lion today.

AirPlay Mirroring
Requires a second-generation Apple TV or later. Supports the following Mac models:

iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)
Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)
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You should upgrade regardless - it's even more pointless not to, especially if you're running Lion today.

AirPlay Mirroring
Requires a second-generation Apple TV or later. Supports the following Mac models:

iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)
Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)
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Old Jul 12th, 2012, 02:11 PM   #19
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My late 2006 iMac and late 2008 MacBook are still working fine, so no upgrading for the sake of upgrading for me. Lion will be good enough.
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Old Jul 12th, 2012, 02:33 PM   #20
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My late 2006 iMac and late 2008 MacBook are still working fine, so no upgrading for the sake of upgrading for me. Lion will be good enough.
Ahhh... but SL is better.
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