It is a core 2 with a 667mhz bus from 2008. It has 2GB but I am not sure it is all addressable with this model. Here are the rest of the specs:
Model Name: Mac mini
Model Identifier: Macmini1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Yes
This is what I get when I try to purchase and install on the app store:
This version of Mac OS X 10.7 cannot be installed on this computer
I am running 10.6.8 of Snow Leopard and the software update says everything is up to date.
How much free space is available on your hard drive? At least 7gb is required. http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html
280GB available.
Looked up the SN. It is a late 2006 that was a 1.66 or 1.83 that had the CPU upgraded to 2.0.
If you have the Macmini1,1 it's a Core Duo processor which is not supported on Lion.
Regards,
Captfred
that might be why. It is probably only recognizing the original processor that was stock from the factory.
The processor can be upgraded in the Early/Late 2006 models. It's kind of a "hack" however. http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/faq_core/mac-mini-core-upgrade-pr ocessor.html
Thanks Guys! I guess it is time for an upgrade!
Don't do it! Lion is giving me multiple frozen programs now and then! I am running Macs for 6 years now and Lion on the new Mac Mini has been one BIG disappointment. I maybe had a frozen Mini once a year, but with Lion its more like once a week. Stay with Snow Leopard if you can, its far more stable, maybe even the most stable OS in the world. I think it's a disgrace to Apple that they no longer support their most stable OS ever on their new hardware! Sometimes it just wanna trow the Mini out the window! Very, very frustrating!
Even with an upgraded to the processor, Lion will still not install on the Mac. The installer looks at the motherboard and not the CPU.
Allan
Hey Allan! Great to see you here. I have the same problem: upgraded a Core Solo with a 2.13 GHz Core 2 Duo cpu and installed 2 GB of memory. It was a nice little Folding@Home machine in the day; now it's my main home computer. Never had any problems running OS's through 10.6.8 on it. Is there any way to get around the installer's refusal to let me download and install Lion?
Hi Susato
In my understanding of the installer, I don't know of any way to hack it so that it will work. I know of a couple of Mac users that have attempted to go that route so far without any success.
Yes, playing around with Folding@Home was great fun. The PowerMac G5 Quad I was using blew a processor and the cost to repair was too great so I upgraded to my current Mac Pro with two 6-Core Intel Xeon and 12 GB of RAM.
I thought that would be a good one to use with F@H but I ran into so many problems with it on Intel I gave up.
Allan
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion requires a Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor. So it gets worse.
Ah well, time moves on past us and our equipment. There's also another problem with installing recent operating systems on the Mini -- it won't read the DVD. One has to hook up an external optical drive.
I'll be retiring the Mini soon, not because it won't run more advanced versions of OSX, but because the sound is failing. Not a peep through the headphone jack, and the speakers are gradually fading out too.
Allan, if you're still reading this very old thread, I encourage you to try the latest Folding@Home client on that powerful desktop. It's too nice a machine to sit idle!
I have a mac mini, will lion work?
