I'm running Lion on a late 2006 iMac!

[Dewroo]

It appears while apple displays "Mac OS X cannot be installed on this computer" is displayed for poor Core Duo users, us late 2006 iMac people can install and run Lion all we want!

the proof is in the pudding'

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So, it even though it isn't 'supported' it seems as though lion has no problem installing. everything went off without a hitch! or maybe i'm just plain lucky!

something i've noticed but other haven't wrote about it seems, is that autocorrect from iOS is in lion! if you make a slight error, Lion will correct it and put a blue underline underneath it.

the only sad part is that Logic Pro 9 doesn't work anymore, and i used that quite often.

So yeah. anyone else successful with their iMac?

 

[tecknical]

not an iMac but still Core 2 Duo

 

[Dewroo]

not an iMac but still Core 2 Duo

Yeah, but your computer wasn't in the release notes as being unsupported.
i wonder if mine works because it has the Core 2 Duo in it? hmmm.

 

[tecknical]

Yeah, but your computer wasn't in the release notes as being unsupported.
i wonder if mine works because it has the Core 2 Duo in it? hmmm.

I think it doesn't work on the original Core Duo but it works with the Core 2 Duo

 

[celticpride678]

Mac OS X Lion supports every computer that has an Intel Core 2 Duo processor or better.

 

[-Ryan-]

Mac OS X Lion supports every computer that has an Intel Core 2 Duo processor or better.

Right now it doesn't support some of the processors released yesterday.

 

[AdrianK]

Mac OS X Lion supports every computer that has an Intel Core 2 Duo processor or better.

Install notes say that it doesn't support '06 iMac

 

[Steve Ballmer]

Install notes say that it doesn't support '06 iMac

It doesn't matter the year, if it has a Core 2 Duo, it will run Lion. The install notes were likely referring to the Core Duo '06 models.

 

[AdrianK]

It doesn't matter the year, if it has a Core 2 Duo, it will run Lion. The install notes were likely referring to the Core Duo '06 models.

I was just quoting, it sounded like some people in the thread didn't get the point, since it's a C2D machine.

 

[stooovie]

@Steve Ballmer: No, not true. It installs just fine on my 2006 iMac (iMac 5,1) with C2D, but on boot, I get a crossed circle (that's some sort of kernel mismatch IIRC).

It's this model: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/stats/imac-core-2-duo-2.16-20-inch-specs.html

So no, it does NOT run on every C2D computer.

 

[newfoundglory]

Thats really interesting.

If someone has an iMac 2006 which won't boot Lion, can you try booting Snow Leopard with the 64-bit kernel by holding 4 and 6 on startup?

Just a little experiment

 

[stooovie]

I can't. It's an arbitrary EFI limitation imposed by Apple. All C2Ds are 64bit.

 

[Dewroo]

I was able to boot in 64 bit, and again, my 5,1 iMac has no problem running leopard.

 

[blow45]

@Steve Ballmer: No, not true. It installs just fine on my 2006 iMac (iMac 5,1) with C2D, but on boot, I get a crossed circle (that's some sort of kernel mismatch IIRC).

So no, it does NOT run on every C2D computer.

That's very bad news...are we sure of this? I have two 24" imacs circa late 2006 and I would hate to not be able to run lion on them..

I want to able to run lion an maybe stick a fast ssd there because these machines are vintage.

 

[stooovie]

I believe this limitation applies only to this particular build of 10.7, IMHO all C2D-equipped macs WILL be supported in final build.

It's really weird Dewroo is able to run 64bit kernel with his 5,1 iMac. Here are my specs from System Profiler:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 3 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM51.0090.B09
SMC Version (system): 1.9f4

 

[Dewroo]

I believe this limitation applies only to this particular build of 10.7, IMHO all C2D-equipped macs WILL be supported in final build.

It's really weird Dewroo is able to run 64bit kernel with his 5,1 iMac. Here are my specs from System Profiler:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 3 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM51.0090.B09
SMC Version (system): 1.9f4

And mine, for good measure.

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2.5 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM51.0090.B09
SMC Version (system): 1.8f2

 

[stooovie]

Dewroo, what does running this command in Terminal return?

uname -v

 

[Dewroo]

Darwin Kernel Version 11.0.0: Sat Feb 19 19:31:06 PST 2011; root:xnu-1699.21.15~1/RELEASE_I386

it seems as though it's running in 32bit mode.

I'm just happy that my computer is happy.

 

[stooovie]

That's really weird then. Lucky you :-D

 

[Dewroo]

That's really weird then. Lucky you :-D

I know! i was shocked when it all worked!

I honestly think it was because the final SL boot i did, i forced it to boot in 64bit.
idk that might have been why it worked!

 

[racer]

I believe this limitation applies only to this particular build of 10.7, IMHO all C2D-equipped macs WILL be supported in final build.

It's really weird Dewroo is able to run 64bit kernel with his 5,1 iMac. Here are my specs from System Profiler:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 3 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM51.0090.B09
SMC Version (system): 1.9f4

I have the exact same spec iMac, also failed several attempts to install Lion.
Would get the crossed out circle when trying to boot into Lion every time.

Hope we get included in the next beta

 

[MrMacintoshBlog]

Crap!!!!

I have a late 2006 C2D 20" and am getting the "Prohibited" sign on boot.

If you hold down command V for vertibros boot it will say that this machine is not supported.

For kicks I am trying a target boot mode install, this will likely not work either :/

 

[DigitalLifeDad]

Not sure how others say they are able to get this to work.

Simply here are the specs from System Profiler:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 3 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM51.0090.B09
SMC Version (system): 1.9f4

Failed several attempts to boot into Lion, either from an external FW drive or the internal SSD upgraded drive.
Always get the crossed out circle when trying to boot into Lion every time.

The seed notes say late 2006 iMacs are not currently supported by this initial developer seed, so in that light it should not work, just confusing because it is a C2D although not fully 64-bit architecture.

Looking forward to this machine being supported with the next seed release.

* NOTE: Attached a photo of my iMac when attempting to boot into Lion with verbose mode

 

[Tailpike1153]

So many people are having fun dancing with the Lion. I'll need to throw it on the late 2007 iMac.

Dewroo, any gotchas sofar?

 

[Dewroo]

Gotchas?