Could I download OS X Yosemite on an older MacBook (4,1 - Early 2008 [White]) if I've upgraded the RAM on it?

I've been trying to download an upgrade to the OS on my MacBook for a while, and now I've upgraded my RAM to 4GB (Which was the only specification my Mac did not meet to upgrade to OS X Yosemite), and I would like to know if the App Store will allow me to download the upgrade, before removing everything from my computer, and upgrading to fresh install of Yosemite (Since I will probably create a bootable drive, and wipe my hard drive). I'm running OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard currently, with 4GB of RAM.

Pikachu1161 wrote:
How come? My MacBook is up to the specifications on the Apple Website.
Actually, it's not. Models that can run Yosemite are:
Before you install Yosemite, make sure you have one of these Macs:
iMac (Mid-2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
Yours isn't one of those. The newest OS your Mac can support is Lion (10.7.x)
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/specs/macbook-core-2-duo-2.4-white -13-early-2008-penryn-specs.html
Pikachu1161 wrote:
What about using MLPostFactor?
Not familiar with this (looks like it was, originally, designed as a work-around to allow unsupported Macs to run Mountain Lion). If it does work with Yosemite, I can't imagine it would work well enough to make it worth the effort. Simply put, your hardware is too old and isn't designed to, optimally, handle the current OS.

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