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The guys on ATP mentioned that the cut-off point could be the inclusion of AES instruction set on Intel chips. This makes sense given the new file system's use of disk encryption. I'm not sure, my unsupported mid-09 MBP17 has Penryn C2D and I think the supported 09 MB has a Penryn as well. It could be a case of not all Penryns being equal. I highly doubt that the cut off is arbitrary as some seem to think, however.

jumpcutter said:

Thanks Apple. Both of my Mac's (2008 Mac Pro and 2008 Macbook Pro) can not use this software. I guess since no hardware updates were announced that I may have to go to a PC and use Windows 10. I will never understand a computer company that does not update their equipment on a regular basis. I am really disappointed with Apple and their lack of motivation.

Did ElCap and your computers suddenly stop working when Apple announced Sierra?

My mid-09 17" MBP misses out, as does my Mac Pro at work! Sad, but not irrationally angry at Apple like many over on MacRumours. Yosemite and ElCap are perfectly fine operating systems for these 7 year-old computers.

The MP will hopefully be replaced, or rather supplemented (as I still have to boot into Snow Leopard daily) by an iMac later this year or early next, after Kaby Lake is available, so I can look forward to all the goodies of new hardware and the latest OS then.

"The report went on to cite an anonymous Australian retailer as saying uptake has been slow"

By banks, that is. There is only one bank offering Apple Pay here, we're all waiting for the rest of them to (work out the percentages with Apple and) jump on board.