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Upgrade MacBook Pro 3.1 to Maverick

selfbuilder1 · 2014-05-15 12:39:39

Looking for a bit of advice as to whether I should upgrade from Snow Leopard to Maverick. Has anyone done this on a similar machine and did it slow down the system? Tempted to upgrade as it looks that Snow Leopard won't get any more updates. Any advice appreciated.

15-05-2014 12:39pm

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Looking for a bit of advice as to whether I should upgrade from Snow Leopard to Maverick. Has anyone done this on a similar machine and did it slow down the system?

Tempted to upgrade as it looks that Snow Leopard won't get any more updates.

Any advice appreciated.

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#2 15-05-2014 2:07pm

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What model Mac do you have?

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#3 15-05-2014 2:15pm

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It's a mid 2007 MacBook Pro. I know it can be updated for free but am afraid in case it makes a pig of my machine. It running a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB of Ram.

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#4 15-05-2014 2:36pm

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I’m running Mavericks on a mid-2009 MBP with a 2.26 C2D and 4GB of RAM and it runs perfectly. Apple did a lot of optimisation in Mountain Lion, but I have to say I didn’t experience slow-downs with any of the upgrades. I have an SSD which helps, but even with a HDD I think you should be fine.

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