I’m looking at purchasing an early model MacBook Air, preferably the 2012 model where they bumped up the capable RAM to 8 GB. In 2011 the early MacBook Pros came with 10.6.6 Snow Leopard the late 2011 models came with Lion 10.7.2 but from what I’m told these late model MBP’s are capable of having Snow Leopard installed even when Lion was pre-installed.
My question is can I install 10.6.8 Snow Leopard to a mid-2011 MacBook Air that came preloaded with 10.7.0 Lion like the MacBook Pros can?
Or even a mid-2012 MacBook air that came with 10.7.4 to capitalize on the 8 GB RAM upgrade?
I know that you can’t back install OSX platforms on MacBooks like you can with iMacs but 2011 seems to be a particular case between late models having the ability to accept early model OSX Snow Leopard.
My question is can I install 10.6.8 Snow Leopard to a mid-2011 MacBook Air that came preloaded with 10.7.0 Lion like the MacBook Pros can?
Or even a mid-2012 MacBook air that came with 10.7.4 to capitalize on the 8 GB RAM upgrade?
I know that you can’t back install OSX platforms on MacBooks like you can with iMacs but 2011 seems to be a particular case between late models having the ability to accept early model OSX Snow Leopard.