Is Apple trying to get rid of us old school customers?

Tiger does not have the necessary frameworks to support iPhone4. I'm sorry that you didn't read the specs first before you bought the phone.

Did you not look at the system requirements before you purchased the device:

"Mac system requirements
Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later
iTunes 9.2 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)
iTunes Store account
Internet access"

http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

I'd try calling 1-800-MY-APPLE and ask to speak to a product specialist.

Explain your situation and see what they suggest.

Matt

Matthew Morgan wrote:
Explain your situation and see what they suggest.

My guess would be they will suggest a new Intel MacBook Pro 🙂

Phil

My guess would be they will suggest a new Intel MacBook Pro

Apple is not the crass corporation some may make them out to be. They should be able to ship the OP the Leopard disk he desires at it's original retail price.

Their customer care is not award winning for nothing.

Matt

In a sense you can say it's a phase out.

Buyers do not read the tech specs clearly and on this forum expressed their disappointment 20+ new topics.

PCs aren't generally affected but Mac buyers are required to replace their tech every 2-5 years for newer iDevices to work. The iPad has this requirement too so if you went the iPad way you would have already felt this.

but Mac buyers are required to replace their tech every 2-5 years for newer iDevices to work.

My iPhone 4 is running just fine on a 6 year old PowerMac G5.

Matt

PCs aren't generally affected but Mac buyers are required to replace their tech every 2-5 years for newer iDevices to work.

An interesting observation but probably only true because Microsoft has been forced to keep WinXP alive so much longer than it intended. I think that we'll soon see WinXP support dropping from mainstream products. BTW - as a tech I see tend to see a lot more 5+ year old Macs in service than 5+ year old PCs.

I'm sorry but tell me again how this is Apple's fault?

Do you remember when they said that the 75 MHz Pentium was the thing for Windoze that would never need to be upgraded to run future software versions? (Personal experience in a PCWorld store)

That marketing-myth lasted less long than a bad winter (or a Windoze version without a major non-security update), as I recall!

@Rosta (OP)
Apple has never had infinite legacy support.

In today's world, after about 2 years, electronics are outdated (which is different from being unusuable, there's a fine line).

Apple follows this pretty well, and in all honesty, after a year, legacy is irrelevant. Apple is about staying on top, not keeping up with old, outdated stuff.

This was very apparent when Steve was young, with the comment he made about IBM. He was glad that they didn't become the computer heralds, because in his opinion, we would have entered the computer dark ages.

In this electronical age, if you're not on top of the new stuff, you're stifling advancement.

One of the reasons why Windows install discs are so large is because of all the legacy they support. Most of that stuff is useless. For example, with printers, if you have one, do you use a USB or serial port connection? How many laptops of yours have serial ports? Do you even know what a serial port is?

It's the large pink one in the picture:

Matthew Morgan wrote:

My guess would be they will suggest a new Intel MacBook Pro

Apple is not the crass corporation some may make them out to be. They should be able to ship the OP the Leopard disk he desires at it's original retail price.

I have a 1934 Morris Eight. I believe that somebody should be able to ship me a new engine at the original price.

EB that's a parallel port not a serial port. I still use a parallel port printer, a HP Laser Jet 4MP. I have it hooked up to a print server and see no reason to dispose of a great printer that works and is built like a brick. I bought it back in 94 or 95 and it still works great. Meanwhile the Cannon that I bought a couple of years ago doesn't work at all. POS!

To the person who mentioned an old Morris, well you could have your engine rebuilt and the car would still run on todays motorways and Carriage ways wouldn't it?

I have a 1934 Morris Eight. I believe that somebody should be able to ship me a new engine at the original price.

In this case, the computer that the OP has is one that is still fully supported by Apple and that, with the proper system software, can support an iPhone 4.

Matt