HT204347 Mountain Lion won't install on my laptop. I'm trying a fresh install

Mountain Lion won't install on my laptop. I'm trying a fresh install

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Make sure your Mac meets Mountain Lion requirements > System requirements for OS X Mountain Lion

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  • HT1338 I've just tried to download Mountain Lion on my Mac Pro and it says that I can't install it on this computer. Help

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