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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1587248"><p>If you get this, and if it is a 2008 MacBook Pro, I would STRONGLY suggest maxing out the RAM before attempting to go beyond Snow Leopard. The video card in the 2008-2009 machines is very weak by today's standards and will provide some headaches when doing graphically intense stuff like Google Earth or watching 1080p video. Your machine qualifies for Mavericks and even the forthcoming Yosemite but both of those later OS versions put ever-greater strain on the weak video cards. I have a 2009 and am planning to change it out for a 2011 or later model for precisely this reason (otherwise, I really enjoy this computer a lot, running Mavericks in 8GB RAM).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1587248"] If you get this, and if it is a 2008 MacBook Pro, I would STRONGLY suggest maxing out the RAM before attempting to go beyond Snow Leopard. The video card in the 2008-2009 machines is very weak by today's standards and will provide some headaches when doing graphically intense stuff like Google Earth or watching 1080p video. Your machine qualifies for Mavericks and even the forthcoming Yosemite but both of those later OS versions put ever-greater strain on the weak video cards. I have a 2009 and am planning to change it out for a 2011 or later model for precisely this reason (otherwise, I really enjoy this computer a lot, running Mavericks in 8GB RAM). [/QUOTE]
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