On Friday, Apple revised its list of “vintage and obsolete products,” for which it has discontinued support. Vintage products are those that were discontinued more than five and less than seven years ago, and which still have limited support in California due to statute. Obsolete products are those that were discontinued more than seven years ago, for which Apple has discontinued all hardware service with no exceptions. Service providers can not longer order parts for obsolete products.

It happens every so often: Apple declares certain older products obsolete or vintage. Vintage machines are those made between five and seven years ago, and obsolete machines are those made more than seven years ago. What’s been interesting of late is the amount of Macs on the list that are still in fairly heavy use, and really don’t seem that old. Think the lampshade iMac, PowerBook G4, iBook, and PowerMac G4s.