Old MBP, what OS can I upgrade to?

WDR

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

Sad Professor

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

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?

Sad Professor

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