(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)
Apple has posted the
hardware requirements for Mac OS X Lion (10.7)
(under Step 1):
Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
I want to write an analysis that shows which Intel Macs cannot be upgraded to Lion to inform planning.
I don’t see a way to identify the processor family on Macs, only Windows.
Family name of processor
only returns “i586” on intel Macs
I’m hoping there is some way to return the processor family name - any ideas? iokit registry?
Plan B is to identify the mac machine model property from Hardware Information (Mac OS X). We’ve identified the models which do not have Core 2 Duo processors as:
• MacBook 1,any
• MacBook Pro 1, any
• iMac 4,any
• Mac Mini 1,any
We’ll probably have to use the models, but it would be nice to be able to get the processor name which is available in System Profiler in Hardware Overview.