this unit is late 2007 vintage. I do know this: mountain lion absolutely will not work on this machine (I know, I tried to install it).
-eric On Nov 22, 2015, at 2:27 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Um... ok? but, what year generation, etc. is the unit? > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Oyen" <eric.o...@icloud.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 4:23 PM > Subject: Re: Installing El Capitin on an older Macbook > > > I am wondering if El Capitan will work on my machine. > > here is the general overview: > > Hardware Overview: > > Model Name: MacBook > Model Identifier: MacBook3,1 > Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo > Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz > Number of Processors: 1 > Total Number of Cores: 2 > L2 Cache: 4 MB > Memory: 4 GB > Bus Speed: 800 MHz > Boot ROM Version: MB31.008E.B02 > SMC Version (system): 1.24f3 > Serial Number (system): W87503ZGZ66 > Hardware UUID: CDD2E891-D668-5871-9F50-A97D6C965278 > Sudden Motion Sensor: > State: Enabled > > -eric > > > > On Nov 22, 2015, at 1:50 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > >> Let me put it to you this way. >> >> I have a 13 inch mid 2010 polycarbon macbook with only 2! gigs of ram, and >> it's running El Capitan just fine. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Busboom" <mbusb...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 7:01 AM >> Subject: Installing El Capitin on an older Macbook >> >> >> >> Hi. >> >> I am currently running Yosemite on a Macbook that I purchased in 2009. A >> couple of years ago, I installed two additional GB of RAM, giving me a total >> of 4 GB. I am wondering how prudent, or even possible, it would be to >> install El Capitan on this Mac. >> >> I haven’t encountered anything from Apple stating that it wouldn’t be >> possible, but I would be interested in other people’s thoughts. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Mike >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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