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I want to load the latest version of the equation editor MathType because my documents can then be read by a magazine editor with a PC. To do so I need to upgrade my operating system from 10.7 to 10.8. This requires 8 Gb of hard drive space, almost twice what I have at present. Can this be installed on my old MacBook Pro? If not, can it be supplied as an external drive?

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Paul Stephenson
 

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First off exactly which MacBook Pro do you have. It has to be a mid 2007 or later.

When you say 8 GB of space is twice what you have are you sure? Single click the hard drive and choose Get Info. 4 GB of ram is workable. With 4 GB of HD space you would need to either clear some space or get a larger drive.
 
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I've tried to find the date from the serial number but all Apple gives me is the model: 15 inch Core 2 Duo. Apple only seem to quote dates from 2008 so I guess mine is older. (Somewhere I'll have a shop receipt but there must be an easier way to date it.) It has an Intel processor certainly.
 
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H is the full hardware specification:

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.33 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 3 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.12f5
Serial Number (system): W864539HW0H
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0017F2C544B4
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
 

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According to this page that Mac can take up to 4 GB of ram. The MacTracker application says though that it can only go up to 10.7.5 as the maximum OS.
 

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15" MBP '06 2.33 C2D 4GB 10.7; 13" MBA '14 1.8 i7 8GB 10.11; 21" iMac '13 2.9 i5 8GB 10.11; 6S
10.8 cannot be installed on that Mac.
10.7 is the highest it will go.

No, there is no way to run 10.8 on that Mac.
Feel your pain - I own that same model.

You can put 4 GB RAM in it - which I have in mine - but it can only use 3GB.
Using paired memory - 4 GB - will allow it to use it's dual channel capability.
Don't know how much a a speed boost that really gives you, as I've never tried 3 GB in mine.


And, if you truly have less than 8 GB of free space on a hard drive - am also quite sure it is running just about like a Ford Escort with bald tires through a mud pit.
 

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