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
From OSXDaily. (Fixed broken link)
Hopefully Apple will reconsider and support more systems by the final release. This is a situation where secrecy is not in their benefit as it creates confusion for consumers and an inability to plan future decisions.
Related articles
- Mountain Lion: New version of Mac OS is even more like iPhone and iPad (dailymail.co.uk)
- Apple Could Ship Air-Like MacBook Pros Starting This Spring [Report] (cultofmac.com)
- New Mac Pro With Ivy Bridge Processor And NVIDIA Kepler GPU Coming Soon [Rumor] (cultofmac.com)
- Bummer: Many older Macs can’t run OS X Mountain Lion (venturebeat.com)
- Mountain Lion ditches older Macs (slashgear.com)
- Mac OS X 10.8 restricted to App Store, signed apps by default (coldstreams.com)
- Mountain Lion drops support for several older Mac models (tuaw.com)
- OS X Mountain Lion compatibility: will your Mac take it? (techradar.com)
- Older Macs voted off the Mountain Lion island (arstechnica.com)
