Mac mini 2.1 with Lion???

It's a Core 2 Duo machine, so it will run Lion. You will most likely need to max out RAM to the supported 3 GBs as Lion supposedly will require a minimum of 2 GBs.

Certainly, with the Core 2 Duo processor, the Mac mini 2,1 can run in 64 bits... but... the mac mini 2,1 works currently with an EFI32 !

The EFI32 prevents to boot with the 64bits kernel... 😟

I hope Lion can boot with a 32bit kernel as Snow Leopard does.😕

Given that Apple's public info on Lion says it works with all Core 2 Duo Macs, then it has to work with those that only have a 32-bit EFI ROM.

Will "run", but is no good idea. Slows the machine down. Beachball spinning very often, fans running all the time near to top speed. :-(

Best regards

Kevin

My problem was spotlight indexing. Now it stopped blinking, everthing like normal.

I would recommend (like Apple) to use a minimum of 2 GB RAM.

With 4 apps running (Finder, Safari, activity monitor and netnewswire) there is only 600 MB of RAM left!

Best regards

Kevin

Hey, so just to recap did you guys get lion installed on a 32-bit EFI kernel? because i have upgraded my mac mini (early 2006) to a core 2 duo 2.0ghz with 2gb of ram with a 32-bit kernel, and lion wont install.

My 2,1 mac mini is the original one produced by Apple with upgraded RAM by me.

The all new system profiler of Lion points out a production date "mid 2007" but I'm shure I bought my Mac mini between early and mid 2008. It came with original Intel Core 2 Duo. Activity monitor shows many 64-bit programs. But this is not important because of only 2 GB of RAM.

If I had the choice, I wouldn't do the install again. My Mac mini allways runs out of memory after e few hours with just 4 to 5 apps running (Finder, iTunes, Mail, Safari using 1.8 GB of RAM!!!). Even shutting down the apps (Finder, iTunes, Mail, Safari) won't bring back the RAM :-(

Best regards

Kevin

Hi All !

My Macmini 2.1, 2Ghz with ram upgraded to 3Go works perfectly with Lion !

Activity monitor looks great (more than 1Go free with mail, iTunes, Safari and Firefox opened)

Only issue, i had to boot on single user mode to activate the Root user.... and I had to recreate the previous users created on SL (see https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3189458?tstart=30 )

Not so complicated !

Enjoy Macmini 2.1 users !

(for the previous version of the macmini, even if they've been upgraded with Core 2 Duo Proc, Lion will natively block the install, google is your friend to find workarounds 😝 )

(for the previous version of the macmini, even if they've been upgraded with Core 2 Duo Proc, Lion will natively block the install, google is your friend to find workarounds 😝 )

ahh yes but i have looked and cant find any workarounds! do you know of any? 🙂

thanks

A read a workarond about changing the serial number of a mac mini 1.x updated with a core 2 duo proc.

It is not an Apple workaround, and it's certainly not allowed by Apple...

hey thanks, i have found a work around for all 1,1 mac minis!

Hey, i finally found a fix and i now have it running on my mac mini (early 2006) core2duo 🙂

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=13007028#post13007028

basically follow what 4JNA says...

what i did...

1. bought and downloaded the retail 10.7 from the app store (11A511)

2. saved the image to an 8gb usb drive

3. installed 10.7 on an known supported device (MBP 2,2) on an external drive.

4. modified the installed 10.7 on the external drive by removing /System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist

5. took the external drive and booted the mini, used superduper to image the internal drive, and it works! apps all work, app store, software update, everything. even with the sucky 950 all the animations and eye candy work, no noticeable lag.

best of luck to all the 1,1 upgraders!

EASY!