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So Mountain Lion will not run on the 2010 MBA?

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saintforlife

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I have a 1.86/4GB/128 GB MBA from Oct 2010 (2nd generation) that is still running Snow Leopard. Will I be able to upgrade to Mountain Lion when it comes out?

I read this somewhere online and since my MBA is a C2D, I fear I will be left behind:
Anything older than the mid-2007 iMacs, early-2008 Mac Pros, early-2009 Mac minis and early-2009 Xserve gets left behind. The same goes for MacBooks based on any Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the original 2008 MacBook Air. Sorry folks, that’s the price of progression.
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saintforlife said:
I have a 1.86/4GB/128 GB MBA from Oct 2010 (2nd generation) that is still running Snow Leopard. Will I be able to upgrade to Mountain Lion when it comes out?

I read this somewhere online and since my MBA is a C2D, I fear I will be left behind:
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Funny, in what you quoted, it says exactly which Air won't be supported.
 
Where is your apple source on this?? I looked all over the preview page on Apples website and it doesn't say that anywhere.

Please don't quote random sources.
 
simsaladimbamba said:
I was just pointing to the source the OP quoted. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Ah gotcha...I was gonna say, if you want an unofficial source that confirms it will run all the way back to 2008 MBA, just check out the other thread on here with a similar name.

btw, the title of this thread is a statement not a question.

The question version would be: Will Mountain Lion run on 2010 MBA.

Having worked in retail I HATE when people ask questions with negative statements.

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KPOM said:
I believe the list from AnandTech (which is a legitimate news source and not a rumor blog) is consistent with what people have reported is the message within the developer preview.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5544/apple-releases-os-x-108-mountain-lion-preview
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Support on a Beta OS is subject to change at a moments notice. Until Apple announces compatibility it is all just speculation and rumor.
 
gentlefury said:
btw, the title of this thread is a statement not a question.

The question version would be: Will Mountain Lion run on 2010 MBA.

Having worked in retail I HATE when people ask questions with negative statements
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Dude, get over yourself.
There are two grammar errors in your short response above.
 
saintforlife said:
I have a 1.86/4GB/128 GB MBA from Oct 2010 (2nd generation) that is still running Snow Leopard. Will I be able to upgrade to Mountain Lion when it comes out?

I read this somewhere online and since my MBA is a C2D, I fear I will be left behind:
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That says MacBooks, not MacBook Airs. And it's not even true. It's anything with either an Intel GMA950, a X3100 or a ATI X1600 that won't run Mountain Lion, due to missing 64 bit kext's for the GPUs.
 
The confusion comes about because the poster doesn't know whether the line about Macbooks using a C2D refers specifically to the white/black Macbook (not Air/Pro) or to all Macbooks (inc Air/Pro) - its the distinction between the specific product line or the way we can casually use the word "Macbooks" to refer to all of the current laptop lines...
 
JonLa said:
The confusion comes about because the poster doesn't know whether the line about Macbooks using a C2D refers specifically to the white/black Macbook (not Air/Pro) or to all Macbooks (inc Air/Pro) - its the distinction between the specific product line or the way we can casually use the word "Macbooks" to refer to all of the current laptop lines...
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The problem is that there is a few MacBooks with C2Ds (white 2009+, original UB 2008 model) that do support Mountain Lion so his info is plain false.
 
Fontane said:
Dude, get over yourself.
There are two grammar errors in your short response above.
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I never complained about grammar. I don't like when people ask questions with negative statements...it means they have already asserted their decision on the question and are just asking to hear themselves talk.
 
gentlefury said:
btw, the title of this thread is a statement not a question.

The question version would be: Will Mountain Lion run on 2010 MBA.

Having worked in retail I HATE when people ask questions with negative statements.
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Actually, the question version should end in a question mark "?".

Having worked as an editor, I HATE when people write a question and then just put a full stop at the end.
 
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