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OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Won't Support Some 64-bit Macs With Older GPUs
MojoKid writes "Apple is pitching Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) as the cat's meow, with over 200 new features 'that add up to an amazing Mac experience' — but that only applies if you're rocking a compatible system. Some older Mac models, including ones that are 64-bit capable, aren't invited to the Mountain Lion party, and it's likely because of the GPU. It's being reported (unofficially) that an updated graphics architecture intended to smooth out performance in OS X's graphics subsystem is the underlying issue. It's no coincidence, then, that the unsupported GPUs happen to be ones that were fairly common back before 64-bit support became mainstream."
If you are complaining:
What are you complaining about? You bought into the OSX way. You are not buying a computer. You are paying for the use of a Mac. Keep paying and they will make you happy with better machines and better software.
If you are not willing to keep paying: that is fine too. You have a great piece of hardware and it will run Linux or even Windows well. Bully for you. At least it's a mainstream intel machine. Don't expect Apple to lift a finger for you.
I have a 5yo Vaio that is perfectly capable of running Ubuntu with XP and Win7 VMs (for testing websites in IE7-9).
My (web designer) colleague has a 5yo Mac that he can't even run any 2yo browsers on NATIVELY!?!