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Anyone going to Upgrade to Mountain Lion?
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I have a similar model. I have the Pre unibody 2009 white MacBook. Wondering how ML does on this machine because I don't know how well it will run on my machine.
Same exact here with an added 320GN 7200RPM drive.
EDIT: Actually, I have noticed a speed increase. At least it seems like it.
Using an early 2009 MacBook here 
and I actually think ML runs just as good if not better than Snow leopard did. It's nice and smooth and is much better with RAM usage... I also think I actually got about 30 min more battery life.
and I actually think ML runs just as good if not better than Snow leopard did. It's nice and smooth and is much better with RAM usage... I also think I actually got about 30 min more battery life.
been running on 2010 MB for a while.
faster,snappier and battery life is better compared to LION
8gb ram with M4 SSD
faster,snappier and battery life is better compared to LION
8gb ram with M4 SSD
late 2007 for me...and run sl...not only can't it run ml...but now looks like i can't even upgrade to lion as apple has taken it down...errrrr
I think I have the same machine. Mid 2009 Macbook. White non-unibody, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD. Still on Snow Leopard as I was wary of Lion. I would love to get some reports from other people comparing ML to SL on these old machines.
Durr. I wouldn't usually say this on these forums, but as Apple has left you with no way of upgrading, and no longer sell Lion, I would try looking elsewhere. Arrh, me maties, haul the Jolly Roger etc. You could also try donating a tenner to Apple if you really wanted.
Hey guys, I just updated my machine to Mountain Lion and its running quite smoothly. I'm impressed! Here are my specs:
13-inch mid 2009
Processor 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Software OS X 10.8 (12A269)
13-inch mid 2009
Processor 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Software OS X 10.8 (12A269)
I upgraded to Mountain Lion on my Late '09 MacBook
2.2GHz and 8GB of RAM, I think this is a lot faster than Lion was.
2.2GHz and 8GB of RAM, I think this is a lot faster than Lion was.
If you do decide to run ML. I would do a clean install. It will help squeeze every little bit of performance you can.
I have the same MacBook with 4 gigs of RAM. I upgraded to ML. It works fine so far.
I installed on my late 2008 unibody and it works like a charm, though I couldn't imagine running it with less than 4 gb of Ram
Upgrade went smoothly. I have three user accounts which posed no problems. It is no slower than Lion, though no faster, either.
I think my next step is to install an ssd drive
Late 2008 Unibody, 2GHz, only 2gig of Ram, running ML very smoothly
Will be upgrading to 8 gig shortly though.
Complete fresh install. No issues.
, running ML very smoothlyWill be upgrading to 8 gig shortly though.
Complete fresh install. No issues.
Why would you say that was pointless?
Also, for the sake of the topic: Late 2009 13" Macbook with 2.26GHz and 2GB RAM and running ML since last night. I can definitely see a small improvement in speed.
Just because I basically never go above 4GB usage. I don't have a ton of huge photoshop files open etc.
2GB -> 4GB is a big upgrade
4GB -> 8GB not so much
Ah, okay. Thanks for clarifying. I was interested to know because I think I'm going to upgrade from 2GB to 4GB soon.