- Joined
- Nov 26, 2016
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- Motherboard
- GIGABYTE GA-Z270-HD3
- CPU
- Intel i-7 7700
- Graphics
- N/A (Intel graphics)
Hi and thanks for a great forum!
I've recently built the following:
-GIGABYTE GA-Z270-HD3 LGA1151 Intel 2-Way Crossfire ATX
-intel i7 7700 (not k)
-Ballistix Sport LT 32GB Kit (16GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/s
-Samsung EVO 250 (+ a second internal EVO, 500)
-No graphics card (planning to use integrated graphics)
Hopefully my question has a simple answer; base on this hardware, are there ANY OSX versions that will not (and cannot) work on this computer? My goal is Mountain Lion (for compatibility with some work software), but I've been told that my hardware may be too advanced for (and not compatible with) this OS. True? Untrue? Reasons why? Possible fixes (outside of replacing hardware; I'll just choose a different OS if I have to).
Thank y'all so much!
p.s. searched the forum and couldn't find much on this topic; most folks aren't installing operating systems this old these days, it seems.
[EDIT] DID find some stuff, most points to this being essentially not possible. I'll leave this post up in case anyone has a similar question, but feel free to delete!
I've recently built the following:
-GIGABYTE GA-Z270-HD3 LGA1151 Intel 2-Way Crossfire ATX
-intel i7 7700 (not k)
-Ballistix Sport LT 32GB Kit (16GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/s
-Samsung EVO 250 (+ a second internal EVO, 500)
-No graphics card (planning to use integrated graphics)
Hopefully my question has a simple answer; base on this hardware, are there ANY OSX versions that will not (and cannot) work on this computer? My goal is Mountain Lion (for compatibility with some work software), but I've been told that my hardware may be too advanced for (and not compatible with) this OS. True? Untrue? Reasons why? Possible fixes (outside of replacing hardware; I'll just choose a different OS if I have to).
Thank y'all so much!
p.s. searched the forum and couldn't find much on this topic; most folks aren't installing operating systems this old these days, it seems.
[EDIT] DID find some stuff, most points to this being essentially not possible. I'll leave this post up in case anyone has a similar question, but feel free to delete!
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