what OS can a mac mini 2006 use?

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what OS can a mac mini 2006 use?

I just found an cheap MAV Mini 2006 with the latest version of Snow Leopard installed. Can this MAC Mini be upgraded with a newer OS X version? Which one?

Posted on Jul 11, 2014 8:31 AM

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Niel

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Jul 11, 2014 8:37 AM in response to taft1958

Choose About this Mac from the Apple menu.

If it's a Core Solo or Core Duo Mac, no.

If it's a Core 2 Duo Mac, Lion.

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taft1958 Author

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Jul 11, 2014 8:49 AM in response to Niel

Thanks, so I'm stuck with Snow Leopard then. This is just a toy with my other iMac, MACBook Air and so on...

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seventy one

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Jul 11, 2014 3:32 PM in response to taft1958

To be fair, you're not just stuck with Snow Leopard. It is a well regarded OS and if you have Apps loaded that rely on the Rosetta platform, you would lose them were you to upgrade to Lion (which Neil clearly says you can't).

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