... because there is no way I would want it to run that incredibly ugly looking new Mac OS called Yosemite!
I would even consider going back to a PC laptop before I considered any computer with a UI that looked like Yosemite.
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Hi ..
No.
All new Macs come with Yosemite pre installed as noted here > http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/macbook-pro
Sorry to hear you dislike Yosemite so much. There's much more to an operaging system than just the user interface.
Er... yes I know that. That is why I ask the question.
So, just to be clear about this, even if I uninstalled the rubbish that I know a new MacBook Pro comes pre-loaded with, (by, for example completely erasing it's hard drive), there is no way that it would then be possible to install Mavericks onto it?
The odds are heavily stacked against you. Late 2011 MBPs came with Lion installed, but you can install the latest edition of Snow leopard by cloning it into the MBP.
You might be able to do the same by trying to clone the latest version of Mavericks in those MBPs with a model identifier which had Mavericks originally installed. I do not know if it would work or not. These would be the mid 2014 models. You would try this at your own peril.
Ciao.
I just bought one but it is still in transit. I bought it a couple hours after Yosemite was announced and am really hoping that it comes with Mavericks. I had actually bought it before the release but had to cancel and reorder to change the shipping address because nobody was going to be around when it was due to arrive.
In 2011 I bought a MBP that came with Lion and I was able to go back to Snow Leopard as the hardware had originally been built for that. I would guess that you could back up to 10.9 on a mid-2014 MBP even if it came with 10.10.
This shows that they shipped originally with 10.9.4:
Mac OS X versions (builds) for computers
And have had no firmware updates:
EFI and SMC firmware updates for Intel-based Macs
Please Apple, I hope you shipped my machine with Mavericks so I don't have to use the abomination that is Yosemite.
I just ordered a MBP from MacMall. As of yesterday, their inventory still had OS 10.9 installed.
If I were to buy a new MacBook Pro now, would it run Mavericks?
