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Old MBP, what OS can I upgrade to?

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  • 18-11-2015 6:45pm
    #1
    WDR
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭


    Hi,

    I just got given an old MBP, 2008 vintage (Macbook Pro 2,2) Intel Core Duo, 2GB of RAM. (Full spec below)

    the installed OS X is Lion, i'm wondering can I upgrade to a later version of OSX. When I go to the Mac App Store, and try for El Capitan, "this version of OSX 10.11 cannot be installed on this computer". I expect that to be too fresh for this system, but can I get an earlier version on this, like Mountain Lion, Mavericks or Yosemite. I don't see them available on the Mac App Store, tho.

    Any advice? Bit of a Mac n00b, so go gentle. :)

    Model Name: MacBook Pro
    Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,2
    Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
    Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
    Number of Processors: 1
    Total Number of Cores: 2
    L2 Cache: 4 MB
    Memory: 2 GB
    Bus Speed: 667 MHz
    Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07


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    #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,670 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Lion/10.7 is as high as that machine can go. The 32-bit graphics drivers were the limiting factor.


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    #3
    WDR
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭WDR


    Thanks SP.

    Just one more query, I presume it is a 32-bit OS on this machine, so there's no point in throwing in a further 2GB of RAM if I only see half the increase?


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    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,670 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Not necessarily. I think they’ll usually recognise up to 3.3 GB.


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