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Stuck in the past with 10.6.8

Are there any options for those of us who have older MacBooks (13-inch late 2007), who need to upgrade to a higher OS X version, but cannot because the latest version is incompatible?

I'm at the point now where some of the software I need to download will not run on 10.6.8. I did not upgrade to 10.7, and now I'm three versions behind. I cannot afford a new MacBook.

MacBook (13-inch Mid 2007), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 10, 2014 6:55 PM

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MichelPM

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Posted on Feb 10, 2014 8:53 PM

You can still upgrade to OS X 10.7 Lion.

system requirements for OS X Lion and Mac OS X v10.6.

OS X Lion system requirements

To use Lion, make sure your computer has the following:

An Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
Mac OS X v10.6.6 or later to install via the Mac App Store (v10.6.8 recommended); you can install without Mac OS X v10.6 by using an OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive, available on the Apple Online Store
7 GB of available disk space
2 GB of RAM

If your Mac does not meet these requirements, you will need to upgrade your Mac before installing Lion.

You can purchase an email code to download and install Lion from the Mac App Store.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion

I would advise installing more RAM into your MacBook as versions of OS X after Snow Leoaprd really require, at least 4 GBs of RAM.

Your MacBook year and model can take a total of 6 GBs of RAM.

I'd advise purchasing and installing the full 6 GBs of RAM.

Correct and reliable Mac RAM can be purchased from online Mac RAM sourceOWC (macsales.com).

They are the only RAM seller that have the 6 GB RAM kit for your MacBook.

Good Luck!

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Ceolach Author

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Feb 26, 2014 5:39 PM in response to MichelPM

Well, Michael... I appreciate your advice. The 4GB upgrade was costly enough... at this point going to 6GB was a tad beyond what I can afford. The 4GB has made a difference in performance -- no doubt an additional 2Gb would be even better.

The OS upgrade may only be $20, but at this point I'm not convince it would be $20 well spent.

While there is some software that I have had my eye on that requires Lion, there's not I really need at this time.

Until I can afford a new MacBook --- or iPad, or whatever I replace this with -- I'm just going to hang-in with 10.6.8. My feeling is that the increased palette of available apps would be offset by the minimal improvement in performance.

MichelPM

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Feb 26, 2014 5:45 PM in response to Ceolach

So be it.

Be well, stay well.

Happy Computing!

😉

Michel

Stuck in the past with 10.6.8