[Macpartners] IS&T Ending Support for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

[Andrew Munchbach]

Good Morning,

As of February 1, 2012, Information Services & Technology (IS&T) will no longer offer support for Apple machines running Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). This decision was made based on the following criteria:

Lack of support from Apple and third-party vendors for business-critical applications in Leopard: Mail, iCal, Safari, etc.

Age of operating system (> 4 years)

IS&T support resources needed to support multiple Apple operating systems 

As a reminder, IS&T strongly recommends a three-year hardware-­renewal cycle for all departments, labs, and centers (DLCs). This timeline helps to ensure that machines are current enough to run the software recommended and supported by both IS&T and third-­party vendors.

Those looking to upgrade equipment can view IS&T’s hardware recommendations online. For further assistance, contact the Help Desk at 617.253.1101 or helpdesk at mit.edu. You can also submit a request online. 

Users of plain-text email can view a formatted version of this announcement here: http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/PICrB
Regards,
Andrew Munchbach
for the IS&T Software Release Team 

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Andrew Munchbach
Macintosh Platform Coordinator
IS&T | Systems Engineering | SWRT
swrt at mit.edu
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