Q: If I were to buy a new MacBook Pro now, would it run Mavericks?
... because there is no way I would want it to run that incredibly ugly looking new Mac OS called Yosemite!
I would even consider going back to a PC laptop before I considered any computer with a UI that looked like Yosemite.
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Posted on Oct 23, 2014 4:11 AM
The odds are heavily stacked against you. Late 2011 MBPs came with Lion installed, but you can install the latest edition of Snow leopard by cloning it into the MBP.
You might be able to do the same by trying to clone the latest version of Mavericks in those MBPs with a model identifier which had Mavericks originally installed. I do not know if it would work or not. These would be the mid 2014 models. You would try this at your own peril.
Ciao.
Posted on Oct 23, 2014 7:06 AM