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Hello Dónal and Others, One place that I check for information about updating older Macs in terms of hardware and/or operating systems is the Low End Mac site: http://lowendmac.com/ They have articles about keeping up the performance of older Macs, and reports of how people installed newer operating systems on older machines. They also keep a deals section which tracks the best prices they've seen for buying older model Macs. I usually use the search box or run a Google Search including the site name and the topic I'm interested in, since I don't often read the site. But as an example of the kind of thing that might be of interest, there was an article from last September about rejuvenating an old 2008 MacBook by upgrading to an SSD drive with Mountain Lion, and details about where he bought the drives from and at what price, how he went about putting over the new operating system. They do have annoying ad pop up windows now at the site, though. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jan 27, 2013, at 1:13 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Gordon, > > Your point re. firmware hadn't occurred to me. You might have a point there. > if I'm bored I might try it just for the hell of it but then again, given > your excellent point, I may not. > On 27 Jan 2013, at 11:11, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Hello Donal >> >> There are ways and means of doing this but first, what's the spec of your >> machine? The main problem is firmware. Because Mountain Lion is native >> 64-bit right from the Kernel, and you're architecture is 32-bit, you are >> going to have to do a lot of hacking. It has been done I believe, but I >> personally wouldn't consider it worth the effort. >> >> Gordon >> >> On 27 Jan 2013, at 10:36, Dónal Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> greetings precious humans, >> >> I have one of those old white iMacs from about 2006 (I think). It's one of >> those which used to come with the magnetic remote control which (quite >> conveniently) stuck to the side of the machine. >> >> I want to pop either Lion or Mountain Lion on the machine. I've read some >> things on the net that indicate it's possible, once one applies some patches >> etc. Has anyone on list attempted this? I'm not hugely bothered if the >> thing goes pear-shaped as I haven't used this thing in about 2 years but I'd >> like to give it a go and resurrect this machine. >> >> As ever thanks in advance, >> >> Dónal > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
