Will my late 2006 mac book run mountain lion?

2006 macs are not qualifed for ML:

http://www.macgasm.net/2012/02/17/heres-mountain-lions-minimum-specification-req uirements/

The app store does not even allow to download it. I also have a late 2006 iMac, 3GB, which works ok with Lion. I tried to purchase ML last night and I could not even download it. Got a message that said my Mac was not compatible with ML. So I think I will have to buy a new one...after 6 years.

Take it at ease, if you are satisfied with that iMac, you must not necessarily switch to ML unless you feel the need for the most recent features of ML.

Actually some of the features are really good, particularly the ones around notifications and iCloud integration. I am disappointed they did not make it compatible with late 2006 iMacs. At least they should publish what is the technical limitation of this model.

The list of compatible macs was released quite a long time ago:

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

Check out this CNET article

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57470261-263/older-64-bit-macs-out-of-the-p icture-for-mountain-lion/?tag=mncol;txt

Hey everyone,

Thanks for all your advice and input i thought id share and update so. So ya of course my imac is not compatible with ML however i do have a mid 2010 macbook pro which is now running ML perfectly. Yes i am still very satisfied with my late 2006 imac which runs lion flawlessly and im very sentimental to that imac since i worked hard to save up for that when i was much younger with no career so i wont be making the change on that for ML. What i have seen on the macbook pro is that many of the new features are ios oriented and are perfect for a more mobile mac and not really that necessary for the desktop. Dont get me wrong i love the new ML on my MBP, im also glad that many of the new safari features was also brought to lion, i am only dissapointed that apple waited to make iwork more accesible with icloud via ML only, i believe lion could have taken those updates too and hope maybe it will whenever the next version of iwork is released.

Safari 6 works fine with Lion too.

Would not take it though, but your right if it won't take it then it won't take it dunno why ppl going on about about it.

Well a legal version won't go on it. What's he gonna do create his own drivers and plant them into the OS install disk lol. Am running 4GB RAM with 10.7.5 OSX no worries, same MacBook year late 2006. Am using mine to do most of my work for University, can use Xcode 4.6.3 to develop iPhone/iPad apps, latest Java means I can use latest NetBeans so dunno what's the fuss with this guy.

Hi everybody,

I got this iMac from a deceased uncle and so far I managed to crack the password, add additional RAM and install Snow Leopard (I am used to working with MS Windows so this is all quite new for me)

After going through the info on the net (and this conversation on the topic) I was wondering:

- can I switch to Lion and is it worthwhile to do so (feature, speed, stability wise)?

- can I switch to Mountain Lion and is it worthwhile to do so (idem)

Below (all the way down) the specs of my iMac which is classified as a 20-INCH, LATE 2006.

According to the system requirements I should be able to upgrade to Lion, although I wonder if there might be an issue with the 64 bit capability of my machine. Although the Dual 2 Core is a 64 bit architecture, according to the article below the 64bit capability is blocked in early machines.

http://www.everymac.com/mac-answers/snow-leopard-mac-os-x-faq/mac-os-x-snow-leop ard-64-bit-macs-64-bit-efi-boot-in-64-bit-mode.html

Still according to Apple's system requirement, I cannot upgrade to ML.

With a tool I found out that

- the processor is technically capable of running a 64bit kernel

- the kernel however is set to boot in 32bit mode

- the EFI has a 32bit architecture

I was wondering if I could force the kernel to start up in 64bit mode should this be the single key thing to do in order to enable my iMac run ML and would that be a wise thing to do.

Thanks for your help.

If you want, you can also mail me directly at orp.cowboy (at)hotmail.com

IMAC MODEL SPECS

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM51.0090.B09
SMC Version (system): 1.9f4
Serial Number (system): CK6420***0E
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0016CB9F9BE6