Can I upgrade to Mountain Lion with my current MacBook?

[leharris22]

Hey, all. I was wondering if you could tell me if my 13 inch aluminium MacBook would be able to support the new Mountain Lion OS, or whether I would need a new MacBook.

13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008

2GHz Intel Core Duo.
2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Lion OS

Thanks!

 

[CG68]

Looks like you should be ok based upon this:

Macs that will support OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

As usual, the newer the Mac the better:

MacBook Pro ? 13″ from mid 2009 or later, 15″ from late 2007 and newer, 17″ from late 2007 and newer
MacBook Air ? late 2008 and newer
iMac ? models from mid 2007 and newer
MacBook ? 13″ aluminum from 2008, 13″ from 2009 and newer
Mac Mini ? early 2009 and newer
Mac Pro ? early 2008 models and newer
XServe ? early 2009 models and newer

Macs that are NOT expected to support OS X Mountain Lion

Older Macs and those with weaker GPU?s will likely be left behind:

Anything with an Intel GMA 950 or x3100 integrated graphics card
Anything with an ATI Radeon X1600
MacBook models released prior to 2008
Mac Mini released prior to 2007
iMac models released prior to 2007
Original MacBook Air

Here's a link to Mountain Lion System requirements:

OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion System Requirements

 

[leharris22]

I'm really hoping so. I'm trying to reduce my media so things run more smoothly so I can put off buying a new one.

 

[FendrGuitPlayr]

You should have no problems running it on that.One of the Apple Genius folks even said that my
late '08 White Macbook would run it. I'd add another 2GB of ram though.

Good luck!