I have a MacBook Pro 3.1 2.4ghz core duo 2gb ram
Hi i am currently running ios10.8.5 mountain lion perfectly fine with no issues at all some people said i would not be able to run ml on this macbookpro without upgrading the ram etc just wandered if it runs mountain lion ok will it run mavericks ok.
You can run OS X Mountain Lion with 2 GB of RAM, but you cannot be sure that it will work correctly.
"MacBookPro3,1" belongs to the Late 2007 MacBook Pro, so it is compatible with OS X Mountain Lion. However, you say your MacBook Pro has got an Intel Core Duo processor, when it should have got an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. You can check which processor you have in > About this Mac.
I recommend you to upgrade RAM. You can buy more RAM at OWC or Crucial.
The latest OS X version is Mavericks and it is free, so you may want to install it instead of OS X Mountain Lion. You can download it from the Mac App Store. If you want OS X Mountain Lion, you can buy it in the Apple Online Store > http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion
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A: Core2Duo, Core i3, i5, i7, and Xeon Intel CPUs with 2 GB of RAM in a Macintosh computer with 2 GB of RAM, and 4 GB (7 GB after installed) for downloading from the Mac App Store (Available in 10.6.6 and later). Unofficially, past upgrades have arbitrarily also required an additional 15% of the hard drive to be free for data.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1349
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http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
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Q: If I purchased a Mac recently, can I get it cheaper?
A: Yes, visit http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/ for details.
Q: When will Lion become available?
A: It became available July 20, 2011.
Q: Which Macs can run Lion?
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Mac Mini 2,1 and later
MacBook 2,1 and later.
iMac 5,1 and later.
All MacBook Air.
MacBook Pro 2,1 and later
All MacPros.
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Mac Mini 1,x or PowerMac x,x
MacBook 1,x
MacBook Pro 1,x
iMac 4,x, 3,x, 2,x, 1,x
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