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slinnky22 Author

Level 1

6 points

Will my MacBook Pro run the new Mountain Lion OS?

Will my MacBook Pro ryn the new Mountain Lion OS.

My specs are as follows:

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook Pro

Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 6 MB

Memory: 4 GB

Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz

Boot ROM Version: MBP51.007E.B05

SMC Version (system): 1.33f8

Serial Number (system):

Hardware UUID: 02E428C4-6BA9-5999-8F2D-59B2EFAAE77D

Sudden Motion Sensor:

State: Enabled

Posted on Feb 16, 2012 12:03 PM

32 replies

Chrigl

Level 1

6 points

Feb 25, 2013 1:20 AM in response to BroCraig

Should work but ML is a bit slow then. I had 4 GB RAM but upgraded to 8 GB and it's working fine.

These is my MacBook:

Modell-Identifizierung:	MacBookPro5,3
Prozessortyp:	Intel Core 2 Duo
Prozessorgeschwindigkeit:	2.66 GHz
Anzahl der Prozessoren:	1
Gesamtanzahl der Kerne:	2
L2-Cache:	3 MB
Speicher:	8 GB
Busgeschwindigkeit:	1.07 GHz
Boot-ROM-Version:	MBP53.00AC.B03
SMC-Version (System):	1.48f2

Courcoul

Level 6

18,558 points

Feb 25, 2013 6:59 AM in response to Chrigl

Indeed. CPU-wise, the Core 2 Duo will suffice, but ML is a full 64-bit OS and 4GB will lead to more paging into virtual memory, thus a performance hit.

Another thing to consider when making the big jump is that ML (as well as L) does not support PPC code anymore. The Rosetta emulator is gone. If you have older programs you need to run, you'd better stay on SL. Or at least do a Get Info on each and make sure they are either "Application (Universal)" or "Application (Intel)".

Will my MacBook Pro run the new Mountain Lion OS?