Will Blender run on a 15inch Mac Book Pro

I want to know if Blender would work to it's fullest compacity on this computer, also if it doesnt what should I get for Blender to run smoothly.
I am talking about the Open Source 3d Software.
This MacBook Pro is the 2011 model
specs
2 GHz Intel Core i7
http://2 GHz Intel Core i74 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256 MB
Thanks

With the discreet AMD graphics you have Blender should work work very well on your MBP.
The Blender website mentions only the integrated Intel graphics to be problematic with the used OpenGL.
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