Can I run Lion on on a Intel Core Duo computer?

No.

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No. Lion requires a Core 2 Duo, Xeon Dual Core or better, i3, i5, or i7 CPU.

OS X Lion will not run on these Mac's.

1: Any PowerPC processor Mac

2: A Intel Mac on this list:

iMac 4,1 Early (Jan-Sept) 2006 17"

iMac 4,1 Early (Jan-Sept) 2006 20"

iMac 4,2 Mid (July-Sept) 2006 17"

Mac Mini 1,1 (Feb-Sept) Early 2006

Mac Mini 1,1 (Sept-Aug) Late 2006

MacBook 1,1 13" (May-Nov 2006)

MacBook Pro 1,1 15" A1150 (Jan-May 2006)

MacBook Pro 1,2 17" A1151 (Aprl-Oct 2006)

MacBook Pro 1,1 15" A1175 (May-Oct 2006)

You can look under the Apple menu > About this Mac > More information to see if your's is on the list. 😟

As I said, Lion does not run on Core Duos whether your are p***** off or not. 🙂

blark wrote:

It kind of p***** off that my computer will not be run lion.

I felt the same way when behind my many $$$$ dollar investment in my Dual Processor PowerMacG5 watched as the Intel CEO took the stage and Steve Jobs announced Apple was switching to Intel processors. 😢

Hey, it's better off you DON'T get Lion now, let all the others beta test and work out the bugs, several months from now you can pick the very newest machine with a stable OS X Lion. 😉

Blessing in disguise. 🙂

round of points for all my fellows please. 😉

Hey! What do you think all those beta testers have doing all this time?

Since when has there ever been a "stable" OS. Unless you accept the premise that they are all "stable" between this version and the next one. 🙂

Beers for the points giver.

I'm not sure what you are asking. However, I would not install a bootable backup from your current computer to a new computer because the OS version on the new computer may be a later vintage than on the old computer. This might be very problematical if the new computer is both new hardware and has Lion pre-installed.

It's quite possible a dual boot would not be possible. But before you start transferring that bootable backup, you should see if it will even boot the new computer you get.

Yes, Lion will be required for all of the iCloud features, but some of the iCloud features are already usable with Snow Leopard and the newest version of iTunes. There is nothing that indicates what the minimum required version of OS X will be for use with iOS5.

http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/08/hack-mac-os-x-lion-for-core-duo-core-solo-mac/

leroydouglas wrote:

http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/08/hack-mac-os-x-lion-for-core-duo-core-solo-mac/

Hmm, why would Apple include the hardware drivers on Lion for Core Duo machines they don't intend to support?

If they don't, then one will have to do that themselves manually or else the hardware may not work properly and/or the fans run out of control, no Wifi, no webcam etc.

This is a interesting development of course, unsupported hacking fun. Not to be done by amatuers without another machine to use and backing up of files etc.

Perhaps because Apple doesn't want to officially support Core Duos but they know it will in fact run on one. This way they can play dumb and ignore the problems by simply saying "this version of the OS does not support your machine".

It's not about including drivers, it's about 32 bit vs 64 bit. You could run Lion on a core duo as long as they include binaries for the 32 bit architecture.

Sadly I have to say that my macbook is a core duo, but I can understand the desision they made here. It's kinda the same as dropping support for the PowerPC (for which the G5 is actually 64 bit). I've heard that the hack described here isn't working with the just released version, but haven't verified that. Second, if you install Lion on your 32 bit mac, be sure to stop updating when they drop the 32 bit binaries!

This is my Macbook and I seem to be able to run a depleted Lion operating system on it

no full screen on some applications. no response to multi swipe actions, No Air Drop. and so on and so on. Also when it loaded it stalled with no real information and i had to go to reload Lion which then instigated further download of 6 minutes to load a slightly amended copy of Lion. thought i had lost all my info but it did all reappear

It does have Launchpad and Mission Control but i seem to have lost my Isight camera in Photo booth and Skype. this has happened occasionaly before and a reboot brings it back for a while.

Ah well Is it time to up grade the laptop?? Do i need a laptop?? Anyway ill keep this one for a bit and see how it goes at least some of the changes work.

Model Name: MacBook

Model Identifier: MacBook3,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 4 MB

Memory: 2 GB

Bus Speed: 800 MHz

Boot ROM Version: MB31.008E.B02

SMC Version (system): 1.24f3

Serial Number (system): W8***4

Hardware UUID: B618B269-D4FC-5A1D-BE2E-E8B2383FEEA4

Sudden Motion Sensor:

State: Enabled

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Yes you can you need to unlock the hidden files and delete a certain one search it in google