OSX mountain Lion requirements

Hi,
Trying to upgrade fro OSX 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion, AppStore won't to do that saying it is not compatible. It might be the machine I'm using.
However, on the OSX Tech Spec page it is noted only: "MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)", which is not very useful.
Here my Hardware Overview:
Model Name:    MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:    MacBookPro2,2
Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:    2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors:    1
Total Number Of Cores:    2
L2 Cache:    4 MB
Memory:    2 GB
Bus Speed:    667 MHz
Boot ROM Version:    MBP22.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system):    1.12f5
Serial Number (system):
Hardware UUID:
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:    Enabled
Does my issue belongs to my machine?

Quick google search for MacBookPro2,2 brings up, among other things, this, revealing that yours is a 2006 model:
http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=MacBookPro2,2

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