Here I was thinking that the Lion is the King of the Jungle, Apple on the other hand apparently does not.
Apple has just released this developer version of the Macintosh Operating system 10.8 and from first look it seems as if it has gone ahead into integrating with iOS. I fact there is so much integration in terms of iCloud and iMessenger that you will need an i device to be able to unleash the full potential of this OS X. Perhaps this is yet another strategy from Apple to make sure that if someone buys one Apple product, they better buy them all.
The wall paper has also slightly changed to provide a different view of the same subject as in Lion 10.7.
Apple has abandoned support for Intel’s GMA 950 and x3100 chipsets.
Here’s a list of the machines that can run Lion that can’t run Mountain Lion.
Although OS X Lion has a minimum spec requirement of an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Mountain Lion’s heftier graphics requirements effectively puts these machines to pasture:
• 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)
If you’ve got any one of these machines, OS X Lion will be the last version of OS X you will be able to install.
It goes without saying that to get a productive experience out of Mountain Lion, you would probably need a Mac that is was released a maximum of 3 years before the OS is released. For instance, OS X Lio 10.7 runs smoothly in most 2008 macs. If you go older than that, it will be taking a chance.
February 17th, 2012 → 5:28 am @ Hollystrafer
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