I purchased one of the first Intel 5s in 2008. It cannot update past Lion I believe. I understand it's probably not worth the amount it will cost for postage....
So I'm wandering is there a financially feasible way to upgrade it to operate modern OSX comfortably?
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Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8), null
G5s were discontinued in 2005/2006 & can only run a max of 10.5.8, you likely have a Mac Pro if it's a tower model. 🙂
If so it can run the current latest!?
So we know more about it...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware> and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.21f4
G5s were discontinued in 2005/2006 & can only run a max of 10.5.8, you likely have a Mac Pro if it's a tower model. 🙂
If so it can run the current latest!?
So we know more about it...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware> and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.21f4
Thanks. Forgive me for that lame attempt at an explanation:
model name: Mac Pro
model identifier: macPro 1,1
processor name: dual-core Intel Xeon
processor speed: 2 ghz
number of processors: 2
total number of cores: 4
l2 cache (per processor): 4mb
memory: 2gb
bus speed: 1.32 ghz
boot rom version: mp11.005c.b08
smc version (system) 1.7f10
as for my aim it is to be able to run Mavericks comfortably without spending close to buying an iMac
Ah, I see, one of the 1st ones!
| Introduction Date: | August 7, 2006* | Discontinued Date: | January 8, 2008 |
Yeah, it says it can only run 10.7.5 tops, yet something higher may be possible...
(Aug 2012) Reader's notes on installing OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on an 'unsupported' EFI32 2006 Mac Pro 1,1. He had other hardware upgrades also (video card, 16GB RAM, SSDs) and included Geekbench scores before/after the 10.8 install. (Includes links to two articles with tips/info on 10.8 installs on Mac Pro 1,1 and running 64bit kernel on EFI32 2006/2007 Mac Pros.
Thank you so much for responding. I hope this is what you are looking for and that the upgrade question may finally be answered.
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: Power Mac G5
Model Identifier: PowerMac7,3
Processor Name: PowerPC G5 (2.2)
Processor Speed: 1.8 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 2
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 900 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7
Hi, are you the same responder as the original poster???
That G5 cannot go beyond 10.5.8, which is what I'm on now on my precious G5! 🙂
Upgrading 2008 quad core Intel 5?
