OS X Lion - intel core duo

I have gone through all the pre-mentioned steps of upgrading my Mac Mini 1.1 to what would be a 2.1 meaning a core2duo machine. All works perfectly well for a few months now and it has been my home server. The problem is that I cannot so far easily upgrade this machine to Lion even though it's new processor should support it. From what I found is what I think comes down to three Apple caused problems

• the PlatformResource.plist

• the boot.efi

• 64 bit enablers

Now I may be a little off but one or all these need to be modified to get this machine to allow the Lion installer to function on these machines. The funny thing is that these machines will boot and function perfectly from an external Lion installation like a thumb drive or flash yet refuse to let it install internally in a normal fashion. Apple must rectify this situation to make it much easier to install Lion without resorting to difficult maneuvers and tricks. Respect for their loyal clients dictates and demand it.

Hope this helps.

Umm...you hacked your Mac, instead of buying a newer one. Even used and refurbished Macs* that are 6 months newer are supported by Lion

http://www.macmaps.com/usedrefurbished.html

And yet your Mac does still have support for 5 years of operating system updates.

Your Mac unlike PCs could be used for 5 years instead of the average one year.

And here you complain because the operating system is not indefinitely backward compatible, or the CPU is not officially upgradeable, neither of which were promissed by Apple. You don't have to upgrade unless software you need is only Lion compatible, or only compatipible with certain RAM or CPU, or GPU requirements. If you were really loyal, you would buy a new machine, and not complain.

I am just an end user and find your complaint disingenuous at best.

Post to Apple Feedback, http://www.apple.com/feedback and read the terms of use below and use the board for the purpose intended.

Mr Brody Buffet!! We are not as rich as you obviously are, I buy what I can and try to upgrade what I have as far as it can go. I was given this Mac in the first place so the investement was minimal. Now if YOU can donate to me a more recent Mac then go ahead. I thank you. If you cannot put your money where your mouth is or help me in my endeouver then I would thank you to shut your insolent hole. You are NOT helping or contributing possitively in this discussion and yes I have given feedback to Apple as sugested previously. As far as Apple promisses who regulates them? Customer satisfaction was important last time I looked and making using Macs over PCs is what they are in the bussiness of doing so the most Macs that are usabe out there, no matter what we had to do to keep them recent and running can only be a positive thing. Again I just followed this thread and tried to contibute positively. If you cannot accept and respect this then, Eh bite me.

While I agree in general with the principal of customer service, you have to start to imagine the position Apple is in. Think of the point of diminishing returns. Apple if you notice now is the worlds most profitable company, and has been making decisions of obsolensence for years. Classic was dropped in 2007, PowerPC chips in 2006, booting into 9 in 2003, and 9 retail bootable CDs in 2002, and X came to be in 2001. This year Apple even dropped PowerPC application support that goes back 10 years. And in each of these it has been able to do it with the most secure consumer available operating system around. The reason for this success is it has managed this closed ecosystem, and now allowed Windows support, which even your Mac Mini has and every Mac since 2006 has. So before you ask why isn't breaking the closed ecosystem a sign of consumer loyalty, ask why it might be? Cause your hacking in a CPU your Mac isn't designed to handle is a sign you are willing to take the machine totally into a do it at your own risk environment. For the cost of doing that, at some point even you will have to decide if the benefits outweigh the cinsequences. Apple can now support a fully 64 bit operating system without leaving any new Mac customers behind for the past 5 years. And no I am not that wealthy. I dread to think what I will have to do if lightning jumps my surge protector and kills my Mac. Apple has to think about the leading edge willing to spend the money for it, while trying to determine which lowest common denominator it can support without making those on the leading edge unwilling to buy their machines. If you can do better, you are welcome to try.

Everyone here is mentioning upgrading mini's and imacs; has anyone upgraded the processor on any of the macbook pros to a core2duo? I have the gen 1,1 mbp with the core duo.

I strongly recommend considering a used or refurbished Mac*:

http://www.macmaps.com/usedrefurbished.html

Unless your interest in upgrading is purely hobby, and are willing to live with a possible bricked machine.

Anything is doable with the right knowledge tools and time. Upgrading a macmini is one thing a portable is a whole other world. If you have all the above mentioned things go ahead but you must know you are going for broke especially with portables good luck with that. To mr. Brody, stop being such a fan boy I get it but apple is as you said the most profitable computer co. Giving us a break now and then will not kill them and as I remember they owe me for promising an upgrade path on an old 62030 Mac I once owned on the box but never came up with the promised and I got nothing to satisfy yet stuck with them. So please sorry for biting your head off but things are hard all over and we can't blame ppl for getting the most out of existing equiptment and saving for the next insanely great thing. By the way I own an old G4 sawtooth, my upgraded mini, a PowerBook, a MacTV and my iPhone. I think I've done more than my part for rich apple shareholders.