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I went through the exact same thing when I got my iPhone4.

If you (or a neighbor or a friend) has a mac with OS 10.5x or 10.6x you can install it on your macbook and everything's fine.

I don't categorize this as a 'problem', Chris; IMO it's 'planned obsolescence', with dual benefit both for the manufacturer, who gets to sell new products, and the consumer, who benefits from current software/hardware combos that work with each other. 126coupe's MacBook is at least four years old, and it's not even 'obsolete', he just has to jump through a hoop. A hoop that is free, if he's resourceful.

The extreme example of what I'm trying to say is that Windows Vista doesn't work on a 386, for good reason.