How Not to build long-term brand equity.

<soapbox> Most who read this will likely not "get" the gist of this post. That is, until three (3) OS versions from now when Apple decides your meager 64-bit hardware unworthy of their latest 128-bit feline-named release.

Trying to update my wife's circa 2005 aluminum 15" MacBook Pro, it appears that the App Store does not know that there are Core Duo (not Core2Duo) machines that can STILL run Snow Leopard, but are 32-bit.

Many of the apps that she had purchased before cannot be updated until she spends another $2500 for hardware with a 2 or an "i" in the CPU name.

Imagine if Microsoft had done this, forcing hundreds of millions of users to upgrade their hardware to use a senselessly 64-bit-only note taking application. They'd be out of business or at least in much worse shape than they are now...

Yeah, it's me, again griping about how Apple has disenfranchised me yet again, blah, blah, blah.

Seriously, though. Imagine if your car company wouldn't work on your car, even under warranty, because your engine was "old architecture". Why does Apple get away with this and NOBODY else does? This hardware is perfectly good, and it would take all of 12 seconds for developers to provide 32-bit versions of their apps for "legacy" users.

I'm writing this more to open a discussion about why Windows and Linux users never see this sort of "architecturism", to coin a word if I might, and yet we blindly accept it from Apple.

Three grand in cash out the window on this Apple laptop that works perfectly well, just because some bonehead at Apple decided it wasn't worth supporting.

Sheesh... </soapbox>

Ok.. all done whining now. I know it' my fault, but it's so purdy... Waaaaiiiitt... Linux Mint 13 with KDE is out???? Wha?????