ML on a Mac mini?

[chenks]

mountain lion says it need an "early 2009 or later" mac mini.
how do i tell if the mac mini i am working on is "early 2009 or later"?
it doesn't mention that particular term in the system details.

it's a macmini1,1 with a 2Ghz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, GM950 GPU.
currently got SL 10.6.8 on it.

 

[Intell]

Your Mac Mini is one of the older ones that is too old for Mountain Lion. It can only run up to Lion.

 

[macalec]

mountain lion says it need an "early 2009 or later" mac mini.
how do i tell if the mac mini i am working on is "early 2009 or later"?
it doesn't mention that particular term in the system details.

it's a macmini1,1 with a 2Ghz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, GM950 GPU.
currently got SL 10.6.8 on it.

I do not think core 2 duo systems can handle Mountain Lion.

 

[Intell]

I do not thing core 2 duo systems can handle Mountain Lion.

Yes they can. About half of the system that were out at the time Mountain Lion came out were Core2Duo systems.

 

[chenks]

Can't buy lion 10.7 though

 

[gregorsamsa]

In link, see halfway down the page for a comprehensive list of previous Intel Mac Mini release dates. Yours was released circa mid-2007:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_mini

 

[oldhifi]

I ran ML on my 2008 IMac 24 inch

 

[Bear]

I do not think core 2 duo systems can handle Mountain Lion.

Some C2D systems are supported under ML. Most of the C2D systems that aren't support fell off the support list due to the GPUs in those system.

I ran ML on my 2008 IMac 24 inch

Yes, but the iMac uses different processors and GPUs than a Mini does.

 

[chenks]

just tried to install Lion on this mac mini and got the following

was downloaded from the MAS (from previous purchases).

 

[Intell]

Is your Mini a 1,1 or 2,1? Are you sure it has a Core2Duo in it?

 

[chenks]

Is your Mini a 1,1 or 2,1? Are you sure it has a Core2Duo in it?

 

[Intell]

Lion won't install on a MacMini1,1. You need to install it via Target Disc Mode to it's internal hard drive and removed the SupportedPlatform.plist to make it work. Use Google to find various ways of doing this.

 

[chenks]

Lion won't install on a MacMini1,1. You need to install it via Target Disc Mode to it's internal hard drive and removed the SupportedPlatform.plist to make it work. Use Google to find various ways of doing this.

i checked the system requirements for Lion though and it only stated a C2D was required.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4949

too much work involved, it's not my mac so they'll just have to stay with 10.6.8.

 

[Intell]

That Mac Mini came with a CoreDuo, not a Core2Duo. It's CPU was upgraded. Lion checks the logicboard's platform ID, not which CPU it has. When upgrading the MacMini1,1's CPU to a Core2Duo, the platform ID does not change. There is no way to change the platform ID without putting in a different logicboard.

 

[chenks]

That Mac Mini came with a CoreDuo, not a Core2Duo. It's CPU was upgraded. Lion checks the logicboard's platform ID, not which CPU it has. When upgrading the MacMini1,1's CPU to a Core2Duo, the platform ID does not change. There is no way to change the platform ID without putting in a different logicboard.

upgraded by Apple or a bodge job?

 

[Intell]

Apple won't upgrade the CPU. It can only be done by a third party or the end user.