# Apple leaves older Mac Pro users in the dust **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-leaves-older-mac-pro-users-in-the-dust/42076 **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [January 18, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-leaves-older-mac-pro-users-in-the-dust/42076 "2008-01-18T13:25:35Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator) #### Post date: [January 18, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-leaves-older-mac-pro-users-in-the-dust/42076/2 "2008-01-18T16:10:26Z")
Andrew @ Jan 18th 2008 12:11PM So Apple pointed out that it wouldn’t work on older machines and people ASSUMED it would work so they bought it anyway and now they are upset? WTF is wrong with you Engadget - report on news - dont spread FUD Why would people assume that just because a card slot is backwards compatible that a high end power hungry video card will work in that old slot? Yeah you can upgrade old machinnes but not mix and match components. If you want a video card for your old Mac Pro get a compatible card. If you want the latest and greatest well then backwards compatibility is going to get broken as brand new cutting edge components are added to new Macs. This is an upgrade package for machines with compatible card slots - not for any PC you can physically stuff this video card into. The upgrade even states that it will NOT work with older machines because they do not have card slots capable of working with this video card - PC users should know all about this especially gamers. This is the equivalent of getting upset your power hungry USB 2.0. device doesn’t work in a USB 1.0 slot. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-leaves-older-mac-pro-users-in-the-dust/42076)._