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1. BEST BUY OS X MOUNTAIN LION INSTALL
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4. BEST BUY OS X MOUNTAIN LION WINDOWS 7

It still lives! The 13" MacBook Pro I had asked about so long ago it feels like.

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That was only the beginning after being challenged by a PC die-hard saying to me that it was impossible to upgrade a Mac. Just think a old 233Mhz slug getting a real kick in the rear with dual 1Ghz G4 processors. If only I could post pictures of my old "Yikes' PowerMac G4 which was pushed beyond all possible reasonable thought. The main reason I ask is I thought there would be more daring individuals who experiment with "older' systems just to see how far they can be pushed. That is until you fired up a game where the Intel GMA was demolished by having the old 128GB dedicated ATi Radeon 9700.īack onto the topic at hand, instead of people telling me "It can't be done' by reading documentation by Apple and such, I'm curious of the brave souls who have actually tried doing such a thing by thinking outside the box instead of only reading what specs Apple has posted on my particular MacBook Pro. Leopard does show it's age a bit especially on PPC and the 1.5Ghz single G4 it boasts but still eaten alive in general tasks by the original first generation white MacBook. Firing it up every so often reminds me how much the difference running on Intel hardware but also some nostalgic look and feel of the design that evolved into the first MBP.

(A PowerBook G4 which still runs on its PATA limited 320GB internal HDD upgrade I performed as well as running its limit of 2GB of memory. I have had my intentions of having this computer last me at least six years as my last Mac did rather well longer than I ever had expected. I bought it for a fraction of the cost of the Apple USB SuperDrive. I'd rather not risk it as all the documentation is in Japanese. While I do have a older USB DVD RW drive that I picked up on eBay. HDD I/O was the highest in the overall score second only to the matched pair of memory sticks installed getting me to 8GB.Ĭoncerning the optical drive, I'd prefer to keep it in as some games I play on my system still have a CD/DVD check for the application to boot.

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The noticeable change after swapping out from the original drive was a noticeable improvement in both Macbench and even running the system score in Windows 7 via Parallels. A move to a SSD has been something I've thought about for a while but I enjoy the extra space by the Scorpio Black and it reports in OS X in the system profiler as 3Gb/s. The limit on my Mac is 3Gb/s thanks to the 7200 RPM drive I installed over the original drive which was held back by the slower rotational speed.

You should also verify compatibility between Mountain Lion and your apps by going to and clicking App Compatibility with Mountain Lion before you upgrade.Dan, some limits are only seen by slower drives.

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If you are not running the most current version of Snow Leopard, update to the latest version by clicking the Apple icon and choosing Software Update to install Snow Leopard 10.6.8 before upgrading to Mountain Lion.

If you purchase through the Software Store (i.e. You can buy Mountain Lion now through the Vanderbilt Software Store under the Departments/More Software tab for $11.49.