I have a Macbook Feb 2008, can I upgrade to OS X El Captain?

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I have a macbook Feb 2008 can I upgrade to OS X el captain

I've have tried and just get the message cannot update 10.11

 

[Just_Me_D]

I have a macbook Feb 2008 can I upgrade to OS X el captain

No, you cannot. The system requirements are below.

MacBook (Early 2015)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)

Source: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP728?locale=en_US

 

[Rob Phillips]

I have a macbook Feb 2008 can I upgrade to OS X el captain

Welcome to iMore! Here are the system requirements for OS X El Capitan: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP728?locale=en_US
Unless you have a MacBook Pro from that generation it looks like you just missed the cutoff.