I had one of those.
Strangely enough I paid an arm and a leg for it.

Ouch… with so many Mac users missing various body parts, it’s no wonder the PC people think we’re weird.

I owned an Apple ][e and the very first Mac (still have it somewhere), and I was pretty much a wiz with the operating systems prior to OSX.  I shall be 66 next month, and while I don’t care one way or the other whether Apple acknowledges older users, I do bemoan the fact that I no longer have the energy or desire to tinker under the hood. 

Apple can’t fix this - it just comes with the territory.  I do wish however, that software developers would be kinder with the very young and the sort of old, with better directions, and explanations of some of the software preferences.  It’s one of the reasons I love SuperDuper so much.  When I first ran it, it told me step by step what was happening, and what was going to happen next.  I ignore all that now, but it sure meant a lot the first time.

iJack is right-on. While a macfan-atic since the beginning, I, too, (at 62) would appreciate a little more explanation when OS operational changes are not as intuitive as early Mac ops. Apple should not forget the loyalists that supported the platform through the lean years and make some accommodation (AppleCare senior discount?) for support needed by the longest serving members of the “rest of us.”