Will Mountain Lion be compatible with my computer?

Try this link: http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/16/os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-system-requirements/

I have a MacPro with ATI Radeon HD 5770. Will be able to run Mountain Lios

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Información del hardware:

Nombre del modelo: Mac Pro

Identificador del modelo: MacPro1,1

Nombre del procesador: Dual-Core Intel Xeon

Velocidad del procesador: 2,66 GHz

Cantidad de procesadores: 2

Cantidad total de núcleos: 4

Caché de nivel 2 (por procesador): 4 MB

Memoria: 6 GB

Velocidad del bus: 1,33 GHz

Versión de la ROM de arranque: MP11.005C.B08

Versión SMC (sistema): 1.7f10

Número de serie (sistema): CK705079UPZ

UUID de hardware: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0017F206A7E6

2007

Official List:

http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/

• iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
• MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
• MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
• Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
• Xserve (Early 2009)

Out of curiousity, why is the comaptability spec based on the year of manufacture and not the hardware capability? Isn't it easier to probe the hardware than divine what year it was made? Say you bought it used - how do you know 100% that it was made after 2007, for instance?

I have the MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) and it is telling me I am not compatible

The compatbility spec is based on year, because Apple knows what hardware is in that system for each year model, hence then it would be hardware capability test based off of that. Because each year model has limited upgrade capabilities (usually only ram/cpu upgrades) they go by year model because they know exactly what it is capable of. Its not like a Windows system where users can change everyhting out and upgrade specific hardware options.

When you go to the Apple menu and choose About This Mac, then More Information, this will tell you your model number, that is how you look up what year it is from, by searching the model number.

stand corrected, just checked my serial number and my mac was built on November 2006 and I bought it in December 2007!

Yes unfortunately it is too hold to take advantage of Mountain Lion, but you have a fully operating MAC and wouldnt let Mountain Lion bring you down. Most of the new features, third party apps have been doing it for awhile (AirParrot/Growl etc.).

I have a 2010 and it will not do Airplay mirroring, but works great with AirParrot for mirroring.

Okay, I get that - let me rephrase: "they go by year model because they know" doesn't tell the consumer how the consumder would know. And to be more accurate, there is no "model number" in the About This Mac dialog; there's Processor, Memory, Graphics, Serial Number and Software.

Which brings me back to this: if it's based on processor, memory and graphics, then that's a hardware spec. So this question isn't so much about what Apple can determine, but what *I* can determine (e.g. if I want to know if I can install Mountain Lion). The year might be equally accurate, but it doesn't seem as obvious to a consumer, especially if they bought a refurbished or used machine.

There used to be a web form you could simply feed a serial number into and it would do a lookup for you and know exactly what hardware capability it had (and consequently, you could tell if the machine had the right specs).

Click MORE INFO, or SYSTEM REPORT.

- System Profiler > Hardware Overview will give you your model ID. Finding the year out from that will take about 10 seconds on Google.

- Contact Apple with your serial number they can also tell you what year.

- Free IOS App called MacTracker by model, then model number will help people also.

- http://www.everymac.com/ has listed every MAC also.

… there is no "model number" in the About This Mac dialog; there's Processor, Memory, Graphics, Serial Number and Software.

Click the "More Info…" button:

If you don't see it there then click the "System Report" button to find your model name and identifier.