I tried to download Mountain Lion onto my 2007 MacBook Pro

but I get a dialogue box stating incompatible, I am presently running Lion. Does my incompatibility simply mean my MacBook is now too old to upgrade?
Thanks

Nick Peck wrote:
Thank you. Do you know if it is possible to upgrade?
To upgrade to What??????
If you are running Lion, as it is stated aas the bottom of your first post, there is nothing to upgrade to.
There are "UpDates" to Lion. Just run Software Update to get them.

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