OS X Mountain Lion Drops Support for Many 2006-2008 Macs with Integrated Graphics

cult of mac points report french site macgeneration highlighting system requirements os x mountain lion. among macs compatible os x lion, lower-end intel gma x3100 or gma 950 integrated graphics not able upgrade mountain lion:

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- intel core 2 duo macbook late 2007 - late 2008 (model numbers: mb061*/b, mb062*/b, mb063*/b, mb402*/a mb403*/a mb404*/a, mb402*/b)

- mid-2007 mac mini (model numbers: mb138*/a, mb139*/a)

- late 2006 polycarbonate imac (model number: ma710xx/a)

- original 2008 macbook air (model number: mb003ll/a)

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users of older systems may still receive few of mountain lion's enhancements such apple's safari 5.2 lion, vast majority of improvements require new machine higher specs.

update: @ least 1 developer tells has been able install mountain lion on late 2006 imac , macbook pro without problems. so, developer builds not seem enforce these restrictions.

update 2: systems using ati's radeon x1600 graphics incompatible os x mountain lion.

article link: os x mountain lion drops support many 2006-2008 macs integrated graphics

 

thats ok, snow leopard still superior (faster, less bloated, more stable , has expose).

no thanks, i'll pass on lion , mountain lion.

 

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