Old late 2006 MBP, can it run Lion well?

[hdsalinas]

A few months ago I replaced with my old 2006 2.16 Ghz MBP with a shiny new imac.

Since then my MBP has been stored away collecting dust. I have not used it since the power supply died and the battery wont hold a charge anymore.

I feel bad looking at it retired to en empty drawer, so I am getting a new power supply for it and start using it again.

I would like to install OSX Lion on it but will it run ok?. It has snow leopard right now and it seems to work great with 2GB of ram.

 

[Amerabian]

- A few months ago I replaced with my old 2006 2.16 Ghz MBP
- It has snow leopard right now and it seems to work great with 2GB of ram.

It should run just fine.

 

[Jrv]

From what I hear, Lion is a system hog. If pretty much requires 4 gigs of ram to run smoothly. You're going to get a choppy experience on 2 gigs.

 

[Drunken Master]

From what I hear, Lion is a system hog. If pretty much requires 4 gigs of ram to run smoothly. You're going to get a choppy experience on 2 gigs.

This is true, but it depends on the machine too.

My 2007 MB ran Lion just fine on 2GB of RAM and a 2 GHz processor, but I upgraded to 4GB RAM anyway.

My 2009 MBP has trouble running Lion on 2GB of RAM with a 2.26 GHz processor, and the hard drive is mostly free and empty. Go figure.

 

[Dhelsdon]

I doubt it will run, unless you have C2D. My 2006 17" MBP is 2.16GHZ 2GB Ram and it is unsupported.