Agreed. For me, it almost completely eliminates all the fun when one says not to use a computer online if it's not running the latest and greatest OS. For example, I'm presently using a 2008 MacBook with Snow Leopard, which, based on the fact that it's a discontinued OS that saw its last security updates in 2011 or 2012, would be very unwise. With this in mind, I have enabled the firewall to block all incoming connections, so, while it's not totally immune to attack, it's not wide open, either.

Ideally, I'd run at least Mavericks (though, for some bizarre reason, it's looking like it's no longer supported either), but this MacBook can't run it, and my new MacBook Pro is somewhere in the world waiting to be repaired.

Oh, well. I see Cory's point, but sometimes reality can be boring.

c