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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1650563" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>According to EveryMac.com, the iMac 8,1 can indeed run Mavericks and Yosemite for that matter. Here are the 4 variations of that model:</p><p><a href="http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=iMac8,1" target="_blank">Lookup Mac Specs By Serial Number, Order, Model & EMC Number, Model ID @ EveryMac.com</a></p><p></p><p>I don't know why it's saying you can upgrade using the boot drive you made... you should probably elaborate on what you did exactly.</p><p></p><p>It also really needs to be pointed out that, while Mavericks and Yosemite will run on 2 GB of RAM, the experience will be VERY VERY poor! I would do no less than 4 GB of RAM. This generation of iMac will take a maximum of 6 GB, so I would just max it out. Apple officially supports 4 GB as a max, but EveryMac has links to vendors who have successfully gotten it to use 6 GB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1650563, member: 38864"] According to EveryMac.com, the iMac 8,1 can indeed run Mavericks and Yosemite for that matter. Here are the 4 variations of that model: [url=http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=iMac8,1]Lookup Mac Specs By Serial Number, Order, Model & EMC Number, Model ID @ EveryMac.com[/url] I don't know why it's saying you can upgrade using the boot drive you made... you should probably elaborate on what you did exactly. It also really needs to be pointed out that, while Mavericks and Yosemite will run on 2 GB of RAM, the experience will be VERY VERY poor! I would do no less than 4 GB of RAM. This generation of iMac will take a maximum of 6 GB, so I would just max it out. Apple officially supports 4 GB as a max, but EveryMac has links to vendors who have successfully gotten it to use 6 GB. [/QUOTE]
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