OS X Mountain Lion Drops Support for Many 2006-2008 Macs with Integrated Graphics
Cult of Mac points to a report from French site MacGeneration highlighting the system requirements for OS X Mountain Lion. Among those Macs currently compatible with OS X Lion, those with lower-end Intel GMA X3100 or GMA 950 integrated graphics will not be able to upgrade to Mountain Lion:
- Any Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook from late 2007 – late 2008 (Model Numbers: MB061*/B, MB062*/B, MB063*/B, MB402*/A MB403*/A MB404*/A, MB402*/B) - The Mid-2007 Mac mini (Model Numbers: MB138*/A, MB139*/A) - Late 2006 polycarbonate iMac (Model Number: MA710xx/A) - The original early 2008 MacBook Air (Model Number: MB003LL/A)
Users of those older systems may still receive a few of Mountain Lion"s enhancements such as with Apple"s Safari 5.2 for Lion, but the vast majority of improvements will require a new machine with higher specs.